Refrigerator
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional refrigerators lack an efficient and aesthetically pleasing method for integrating wireless communication apparatuses, leading to potential exposure and interference issues with connection lines and components.
Innovation Solution
The integration of a wireless communication apparatus, IT adaptor, is positioned near the hinge portion of the refrigerator door, utilizing a storage portion within the hinge cover to conceal and protect the apparatus, with connection lines led out through a connection line lead-out portion that prevents water infiltration and noise interference.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the wireless communication apparatus is provided on the ceiling surface, then it is easily accessible and installable, but the connection lines become exposed and susceptible to water infiltration and noise interference
Solution Approach 1:
The wireless communication apparatus is nested within a storage portion formed in the hinge cover, which is itself part of the door assembly. This nested configuration allows the apparatus to be concealed within the door structure while maintaining easy accessibility during installation and maintenance, and the hinge cover provides protection against water infiltration and noise interference for the connection lines.
Solution Approach 2:
The hinge cover acts as an intermediary structure that houses the wireless communication apparatus and manages the connection lines. It provides a protective barrier between the vulnerable connection lines and harmful external factors (water and noise), while also serving as a mounting structure that maintains ease of installation.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If the wireless communication apparatus is concealed within the hinge cover, then protection from water and noise is improved, but the layout complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hinge cover is designed to serve multiple functions simultaneously: it acts as a protective cover for the hinge mechanism, provides a storage portion to house the wireless communication apparatus, and serves as a conduit management structure for the connection lines. This multi-functionality reduces overall device complexity while maintaining protection from harmful factors.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention merges the hinge cover structure with the wireless communication apparatus housing and connection line management system into a single integrated component. By combining these previously separate elements, the layout complexity is reduced while maintaining comprehensive protection against water infiltration and noise interference.
Data Source
AI summary
A refrigerator of this embodiment includes a housing that includes a storeroom, a door that is rotatably provided in the housing through a hinge portion and opens or closes an opening of the storeroom by the rotation, a connection line that is led out to the vicinity of the hinge portion, and a wireless communication apparatus that includes a wireless communication unit and is connected to the connection line.