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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2018
Filed:
May. 18, 2017
Applicant:
Bsh Hausgeraete Gmbh, Munich, DE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BSH Hausgeraete GmbH, Munich, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); F25D 11/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25D 11/00 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/12 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01); F25D 2700/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door and a hinge assembly connecting the door and the cabinet. A sensor detects an opening angle of the door. The sensor includes: a first component and a second component, where one of the first component and the second component is a magnetic element, and the other one is a magnetic sensing element. The first component is provided at the hinge assembly, and the second component is provided at the door. This enables the magnetic sensing element to accurately sense a magnetic field of the magnetic element, and simplify a structure of the cabinet.