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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2009
Applicants:
Songtao LU, Chuzhou, CN;
Alexander Rupp, Nanjing, CN;
Lisheng Zhang, Chuzhou, CN;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/00 (2006.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 27/00 (2013.01); F25C 5/005 (2013.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01);
Abstract
A dispenser niche for a refrigerator is provided. The dispenser niche includes an illuminator to at least partially illuminate the niche. The illuminator has LEDs that are arranged on a common circuit board with first electrical contacts. A wall of the dispenser niche has second electrical contacts and a recess that receives the common circuit board in a single orientation. The first electrical contacts of the common circuit board and the second electrical circuits of the wall touch each other in the single orientation.