CN219346980U

CN219346980U - Hinge assembly and refrigerator

Info

Publication number: CN219346980U
Application number: CN202223076527.1U
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李华刚; 王常志; 夏恩品; 张�浩; 李康
Original assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Current assignee: Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co Ltd; Haier Smart Home Co Ltd
Priority date: 2022-11-18
Filing date: 2022-11-18
Publication date: 2023-07-14
Anticipated expiration: 2032-11-18

Abstract

The application relates to household electrical appliances technical field discloses a hinge assembly, include: box mount pad, door body connecting seat and link assembly. The box body mounting seat is a U-shaped seat and defines a containing part; the door body connecting seat is also a U-shaped seat; the connecting rod assembly comprises a plurality of sheet-shaped connecting rods, one end of each part of connecting rods is rotationally connected with the box body installation seat, one end of each part of connecting rods is rotationally connected with the door body connection seat, and the end parts of the connecting rods rotationally connected with the box body installation seat and the door body connection seat are respectively provided with a protruding part which protrudes outwards and extends from the surface of each vertical connecting rod. The connecting rod deformation is prevented, and the structural design can keep the whole bearing capacity of the hinge and improve the use stability of the hinge after adopting the sheet-shaped connecting rod to reduce the whole hinge. The application also discloses a refrigerator.

Description

Hinge assembly and refrigerator

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of household appliances, for example to a hinge assembly and a refrigerator.

Background

At present, when the existing embedded refrigerator is opened, a door body and a side barrier cannot collide, and meanwhile, normal pulling-out of an internal drawer shelf and the like is guaranteed, in order to guarantee the functional effect, a multi-connecting-rod (six-connecting-rod) hinge is adopted for the door body hinge, and the function limitation of a pure four-connecting-rod hinge is larger. The existing multi-connecting-rod hinge needs to have the functions of supporting strength, enabling a door body to be capable of hanging a door plate, a door closer, closing door damping and the like, the hinge is in a structure form that U-shaped sheet metal connecting rods are buckled layer by layer, the thickness of the hinge is thicker, a mounting cross beam is correspondingly thickened, the whole volume of the refrigerator is more wasted, the attractiveness of the refrigerator is also poor, when the refrigerator is provided with an upper door and a lower door, the same upper hinge and the same lower hinge are required to be mounted at a middle beam, and the situation is serious.

In the related art, the U-shaped sheet metal connecting rod can be changed into the sheet connecting rod to reduce the thickness of the hinge, but the two sheet connecting rods need to be stacked when being hinged, so that when the other end of the connecting rod is installed in the box installation seat, one end of the connecting rod is positioned on the upper side and the other end of the connecting rod is positioned on the lower side, two sides of the end of the connecting rod cannot be fully contacted with the box installation seat, only one end of the connecting rod is fixed by adopting a pin shaft, the whole bearing effect is on the connecting rod, the requirement on the connecting rod is high, the connecting rod is easy to deform and damage after being used for a long time, and the bearing capacity of the connecting rod cannot be effectively maintained.

Therefore, how to reduce the thickness of the hinge, maintain the supporting capability of the connecting rod in the hinge, and improve the stability of the hinge is a technical problem to be solved by those skilled in the art.

Disclosure of Invention

The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosed embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview, and is intended to neither identify key/critical elements nor delineate the scope of such embodiments, but is intended as a prelude to the more detailed description that follows.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a hinge assembly and a refrigerator, which are used for solving the technical problems of reducing the thickness of a hinge, simultaneously maintaining the supporting capacity of the hinge and improving the stability of the hinge.

In some embodiments, the hinge assembly includes: box mount pad, door body connecting seat and link assembly. The box body mounting seat is a U-shaped seat and defines a containing part; the door body connecting seat is also a U-shaped seat; the connecting rod assembly comprises a plurality of sheet-shaped connecting rods, one end of each part of connecting rods is rotationally connected with the box body installation seat, one end of each part of connecting rods is rotationally connected with the door body connection seat, and the end parts of the connecting rods rotationally connected with the box body installation seat and the door body connection seat are respectively provided with a protruding part which protrudes outwards and extends from the surface of each vertical connecting rod.

In some embodiments, a refrigerator includes: the hinge structure of the above embodiment.

The hinge assembly and the refrigerator provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can realize the following technical effects:

the connecting rod is provided with the bulge with the one end of box mount pad and door body connecting seat, make the side of connecting rod can with the contact of box mount pad and door body connecting seat's inside wall, enlarge area of contact, utilize box mount pad and door body connecting seat centre gripping connecting rod, better protection connecting rod transfers the weight that the connecting rod bore to on box mount pad and the door body connecting seat, reduce the atress of connecting rod, prevent that the connecting rod warp, reduce the holistic back of hinge through this structural design in adopting the sheet connecting rod, can keep the holistic bearing capacity of hinge, improve the stationarity that the hinge used.

The foregoing general description and the following description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example and not limitation in the figures of the accompanying drawings, in which like references indicate similar elements, and in which like reference numerals refer to similar elements, and in which:

FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of a hinge assembly provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is an exploded side view of one connecting rod assembly provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a top view of a hinge assembly provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 4 is a schematic view of a chute and a slider according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of the structure of a connecting rod assembly provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 6 is an exploded view of a hinge assembly provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 7 is a schematic illustration of a closed configuration of a hinge assembly provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 8 is a schematic structural view of a mating load bearing structure provided by embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of an assembled construction of a right angle connector provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 10 is an exploded top view of one hinge assembly provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 11 is a schematic illustration of a linkage assembly coupled to a door closer according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 12 is a schematic view of a projection provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 13 is a schematic view of an installation structure of another door closer provided by an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 14 is a schematic view of an installation structure of another door closer provided in an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals:

100. a box body mounting seat; 101. a chute; 102. a slide block; 103. a pin shaft; 104. a pin fixing part; 105. a first accommodation portion; 106. a sliding groove; 200. a door body connecting seat; 201. a second accommodating portion; 202. a right-angle connecting sheet; 300. a connecting rod assembly; 301. a first link; 302. a second link; 303. a third link; 304. a limit groove; 305. a clamping groove; 306. bending sections; 307. a protruding portion; 308. a connection hole; 309. a protruding gear; 310. positioning a concave surface; 311. a sliding surface; 312. the accommodating groove; 400. wear-resistant plate; 401. pad type wear-resisting piece; 402. wrapped wear-resistant plate; 500. matching with a bearing structure; 501. a bearing groove; 502. a bearing bulge; 600. a door closer; 601. a slide rod; 602. a sliding seat; 603. a spring; 604. a roller; 605. a compression spring; 606. an arc-shaped sheet; 607. positioning a slide rod; 608. a slide rod groove; 609. an arc-shaped spring piece.

Detailed Description

So that the manner in which the features and techniques of the disclosed embodiments can be understood in more detail, a more particular description of the embodiments of the disclosure, briefly summarized below, may be had by reference to the appended drawings, which are not intended to be limiting of the embodiments of the disclosure. In the following description of the technology, for purposes of explanation, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. However, one or more embodiments may still be practiced without these details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices may be shown simplified in order to simplify the drawing.

The terms first, second and the like in the description and in the claims of the embodiments of the disclosure and in the above-described figures are used for distinguishing between similar objects and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It is to be understood that the data so used may be interchanged where appropriate in order to describe embodiments of the present disclosure. Furthermore, the terms "comprise" and "have," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover a non-exclusive inclusion.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "middle", "outer", "front", "rear", and the like indicate an azimuth or a positional relationship based on that shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe embodiments of the present disclosure and embodiments thereof and are not intended to limit the indicated device, element, or component to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation. Also, some of the terms described above may be used to indicate other meanings in addition to orientation or positional relationships, for example, the term "upper" may also be used to indicate some sort of attachment or connection in some cases. The specific meaning of these terms in the embodiments of the present disclosure will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art in view of the specific circumstances.

In addition, the terms "disposed," "connected," "secured" and "affixed" are to be construed broadly. For example, "connected" may be in a fixed connection, a removable connection, or a unitary construction; may be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements, or components. The specific meaning of the above terms in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific circumstances.

The term "plurality" means two or more, unless otherwise indicated.

In the embodiment of the present disclosure, the character "/" indicates that the front and rear objects are an or relationship. For example, A/B represents: a or B.

The term "and/or" is an associative relationship that describes an object, meaning that there may be three relationships. For example, a and/or B, represent: a or B, or, A and B.

It should be noted that, without conflict, the embodiments of the present disclosure and features of the embodiments may be combined with each other.

As shown in connection with fig. 1-3, embodiments of the present disclosure provide a hinge assembly comprising: the door comprises a box mounting seat 100, a door connecting seat 200 and a connecting rod assembly 300. The box body mounting seat 100 is a U-shaped seat and defines a containing part; the door body connecting seat 200 is also a U-shaped seat; the link assembly 300 includes a plurality of plate-shaped links, one end of a portion of which is rotatably connected with the box body coupling seat 100, one end of a portion of which is rotatably connected with the box body coupling seat 200, and the ends of the links rotatably connected with the box body coupling seat 100 and the box body coupling seat 200 are each configured with a protrusion 307 protruding and extending outward from the surface of the vertical link.

Adopt the hinge assembly that this disclosed embodiment provided, be provided with bulge 307 in the one end of connecting rod and box mount pad 100 and door body connecting seat 200, make the side of connecting rod can with the contact of box mount pad 100 and door body connecting seat 200's inside wall, enlarge area of contact, utilize box mount pad 100 and door body connecting seat 200 centre gripping connecting rod, shift to box mount pad 100 and door body connecting seat 200 with the better weight that the connecting rod born, better protection connecting rod, reduce the atress of connecting rod, prevent the connecting rod deformation, reduce the holistic back of hinge through this structural design in adoption sheet connecting rod, can keep the holistic bearing capacity of hinge, improve the stationarity that the hinge was used.

Optionally, the sum of the thicknesses of the connecting rod and its provided projection 307 is adapted to the thickness of the cavity of the U-shaped seat in which it is mounted. Like this, can make the connecting rod and bulge 307, fill up between the upper and lower both sides wall of U-shaped seat inner chamber, make the connecting rod can be more abundant with the inside wall contact of U-shaped seat, on the one hand can prevent that the connecting rod from rocking in the U-shaped seat, on the other hand can utilize the upper and lower lateral wall of U-shaped seat to support the connecting rod better, improve the bearing capacity of connecting rod, keep the holistic stability of hinge.

Alternatively, with the linkage assembly 300 in the extended state, the tab 307 is just flush with or partially protrudes out of the opening of the receptacle. In this way, the connecting rod assembly 300 can be kept to have a larger contact area with the box body mounting seat 100 or the door body connecting seat 200 in the unfolded state, the connecting rod assembly 300 is better supported, the bearing capacity of the connecting rod assembly 300 is improved, and the stability of the integral hinge in use is kept.

Optionally, a connecting hole 308 is formed at an end of the connecting rod, a pin 103 is penetrated in the connecting hole 308, and the connecting rod is rotatably connected with the box body mounting seat 100 or the door body connecting seat 200 through the pin 103. Like this, with swivelling joint between connecting rod and the box mount pad 100 through round pin axle 103, make the connecting rod can rotate for box mount pad 100 to generally adopt the solid axle through round pin axle 103, comparatively firm and be difficult for warping, can bear the power of coming on the connecting rod better, make the connecting rod can keep stable rotation under the state of atress, improve the holistic bearing capacity of hinge and the stability of operation.

Alternatively, the protrusion 307 extends convexly around the connection hole 308 such that the connection hole 308 penetrates the link and its protrusion 307. Thus, the length of the connecting hole 308 can be increased, the contact area between the pin shaft 103 and the connecting hole 308 can be increased, the force on the connecting rod can be better shared, the whole bearing capacity of the hinge can be increased, and the stability of the hinge can be maintained.

As shown in fig. 2, alternatively, the end of the link provided with the convex portion 307 is covered with wear pad 400. In this way, since the protruding portion 307 is in close contact with the case mounting seat 100, abrasion is easy to occur, and the contact area is too large, so that the friction force is increased, and the rotation is affected, so that the wear pad 400 is covered at one end of the protruding portion 307, the abrasion of the protruding portion 307 and the case mounting seat 100 can be well reduced, and the wear pad 400 can also have a certain lubrication function, so that the relative rotation of the connecting rod and the case mounting seat 100 is smoother.

Optionally, wear-resistant sheets 400 are disposed at the joints of the box mounting base 100, the door connecting base 200 and the connecting rod to reduce wear. In this way, wear-resisting sheets 400 are arranged at the connection parts of the connecting rods in the connecting rod assembly 300, the connection parts of the connecting rods and the box body mounting seat 100 and the connection parts of the connecting rods and the door body connecting seat 200, and the wear-resisting sheets 400 are used for filling connection gaps, so that the functions of lubrication and wear resistance are achieved under the condition that the connecting rods, the box body mounting seat 100 and the door body connecting seat 200 rotate, the abrasion among the connecting rods is reduced, the rotation stability of all positions is improved, the shaking of the connecting rods is prevented, the bearing capacity of the hinge is kept, and the stability and the durability of the hinge are improved.

Optionally, the wear pad 400 includes: wrapped wear pad 402. The wrap wear pad 402 wraps around the ends of the links connected to the box mount 100 and the door mount 200. Like this, can be comprehensive wrap up the tip of connecting rod, reduce the frictional force between connecting rod tip and box mount pad 100 and door body connecting seat 200, reduce the wearing and tearing of connecting rod, box connecting seat and door body connecting seat 200 to adopt the parcel formula design, can make wear pad 400 better attached at the tip of connecting rod, prevent that wear pad 400 from taking place the displacement, influence normal use, cause the hinge to rock.

Optionally, the wrapped wear pad 402 is connected to the connecting rod by glue. Thus, the wear pad 400 can be further fixed on the connecting rod, the wear pad 400 is prevented from falling off, and the stability of the hinge in the use process is improved.

Optionally, the wear pad 400 includes: pad wear pad 401. The pad wear plate 401 is clamped between the connection points where the links are rotatably connected to each other. In this way, the pad type wear pad 401 is disposed between two connecting rods connected with each other, so that the wear pad 400 can rotate relative to the two connecting rods, the rotating resistance between the two connecting rods can be further improved, the smoothness of the mutual rotation between the connecting rods is improved, and the better wear-resistant effect can be achieved.

Optionally, the pad wear pad 401 is a circular sheet. Thus, the wear pad 400 can be better rotated between the two connecting rods, corners are smooth, abrasion to the connecting rods is prevented, the wear-resisting effect is further improved, and better lubricity is achieved.

Alternatively, the diameter of the pad type wear plate 401 is the same as the width of the connecting rod. Like this, can improve the supporting effect of the connecting rod that is located the downside to the connecting rod that is located the upside, prevent that gasket formula wear pad 401 area of contact from being too little, cause the connecting rod atress inhomogeneous lead to damaging, improve the holistic effect of hinge.

Optionally, the wear pad 400 is made of copper. Thus, the copper material is smooth, has good wear resistance, can effectively reduce wear, and enables the rotation between the connecting rods and the box body mounting seat 100 and the door body connecting seat 200 to be smoother.

As shown in fig. 3, the link assembly 300 optionally includes: a first link 301, a second link 302, and a third link 303. One end of the first connecting rod 301 is rotationally and slidingly connected with the box body mounting seat 100; the second link 302 is hinged with the case mount 100, and the middle region thereof is hinged with the middle region of the first link 301; the third link 303 is hinged to one end of the second link 302. In this way, three connecting rods are arranged between the box body mounting seat 100 and the door body connecting seat 200, so that the door body connecting seat 200 can be opened or closed relative to the box body mounting seat 100, one end of the first connecting rod 301 is arranged to be in rotary sliding connection with the box body mounting seat 100, one end of the first connecting rod 301 slides in the hinge unfolding process, the other end of the first connecting rod 301 can be displaced along with the first connecting rod, the door body can be driven to be far away from the box body under the condition that the other end of the first connecting rod 301 is connected with the door body, the door body can be effectively prevented from colliding with an obstacle of the box body when the refrigerator is used in an embedded refrigerator, compared with the scheme that the door body is driven to be far away from the box body in the form of adopting six connecting rods in the prior art, at least one connecting rod and two hinge points can be reduced, the number of the connecting rods can be directly reduced, the thickness of the staggered lamination between the connecting rods can be most directly and fundamentally solved, the thickness of the mounting connection can be effectively reduced under the condition that the same door opening track is ensured, the whole volume of the refrigerator or the whole refrigerator can be more conveniently and the whole refrigerator can be prevented from being wasted due to the fact that the thickness is more uniform.

Optionally, the box mounting base 100 is provided with a sliding groove 101, and one end of the first link 301 can slide along the sliding groove 101. Like this, through installing spout 101 on box mount pad 100, make the one end of first connecting rod 301 slide along spout 101, can keep first connecting rod 301 gliding stability, and adopt the form that sets up spout 101 can not extra occupation space, be favorable to reducing the holistic thickness of hinge, avoid leading to its circumstances that causes the waste to the whole volume of refrigerator or the most convenient region of use because of the thickness is great.

Alternatively, the chute 101 may penetrate through a side wall of the box mounting seat 100, or may be an embedded groove disposed on an inner side wall of the box mounting seat 100, and does not penetrate through the box mounting seat 100. Preferably, the chute 101 extends through the side wall of the housing mount 100. In this way, the pin 103 is convenient to fix one end of the first connecting rod 301 from the outer side wall of the box installation seat 100, so that the first connecting rod slides along the sliding groove 101, and the installation difficulty is reduced.

Optionally, the upper and lower sides of the box body mounting seat 100 are provided with sliding grooves 101, and one end of the first connecting rod 301 is simultaneously limited in the sliding grooves 101 of the upper and lower sides of the box body mounting seat 100. Like this, all set up spout 101 in the both sides of box mount pad 100, make first connecting rod 301 both ends all inject in spout 101 and slide, can improve first connecting rod 301 gliding stability to apply the fixed force for first connecting rod 301 from both sides, can provide the fixed force for first connecting rod 301 better, make the better transmission of the power on the first connecting rod 301 to box mount pad 100 on, and then improve the bearing capacity of whole hinge, keep the stability that the hinge was used.

It can be understood that the sliding grooves 101 provided on the upper and lower sides of the box body mounting seat 100 are correspondingly provided, and overlap in the vertical direction, and serve to limit the upper and lower sides of one end of the first connecting rod 301 at the same time, so as to maintain the sliding stability of the first connecting rod 301.

Alternatively, the chute 101 is arranged obliquely. Like this, can make spout 101's setting more reasonable, can be more smooth open or close door body connecting seat 200 when guaranteeing that first connecting rod 301 slides along spout 101, simultaneously with spout 101 slope setting, the safe clearance of the in-process of opening with the barrier of the refrigerator door body of being convenient for more, avoid the condition of bumping between the barrier, the stability of opening the refrigerator process has also been guaranteed when improving to refrigerator protectiveness, and guaranteed the opening angle of door body connecting seat 200, the user of being convenient for more gets article to refrigerator memory, bring better use experience for the user.

It should be understood that the inclined arrangement of the chute 101 means that one end of the chute 101 is close to the rear side wall of the box mounting base 100 and the other end is close to the front side wall of the box mounting base 100.

Alternatively, the inclination angle of the chute 101 is proportional to the distance from the box mount 100 in the fully opened state of the door body coupling seat 200. Like this, in order to satisfy the operation requirement of embedded refrigerator scene, the door body connecting seat 200 is in the state of opening completely from the distance of box mount pad 100 needs to satisfy certain requirement just can guarantee the normal switch of refrigerator door body and use to the distance from box mount pad 100 sets up the inclination of spout 101 rationally under the state of opening completely of door body connecting seat 200, when the distance is great promptly, increases the inclination of spout 101, otherwise when the distance is less, then reduces the inclination of spout 101, and then can reduce the influence of wall body or other barriers to the door body connecting seat 200 opening process, avoid the wall body or other barriers to hinder the circumstances that the rotation of door body connecting seat 200 was opened, make the embedded refrigerator can open smoothly, improve the convenience that the user used, bring better use experience for the user.

Optionally, in the case that the length of the chute 101 is fixed, the inclination angle of the chute 101 and the distance from the box mounting seat 100 in the fully opened state of the door body connection seat 200 satisfy the following relationship:

y ₁ ＝0.06α ³ -0.06α ² +1.84α+95.51, where y ₁ Alpha is the inclination angle of the chute 101 and is more than or equal to 0 DEG and less than or equal to 90 DEG, which is the distance from the box body installation seat 100 in the fully opened state of the door body connection seat 200.

Thus, according to the inclination angle of the chute 101 and by using the calculation formula, the distance from the box body installation seat 100 in the completely opened state of the door body connection seat 200 can be accurately calculated, so that when the refrigerator is installed and used in an embedded mode, the front displacement of the door body connection seat 200 can be accurately calculated by using the formula according to the use requirement of the scene of the embedded refrigerator, the installation of the refrigerator can be more reasonably planned conveniently, the use requirement of the scene of the embedded refrigerator can be met, and the installed refrigerator can be more convenient for a user to use.

Alternatively, the length of the chute 101 is proportional to the openable angle of the door body coupling seat 200 with respect to the box mounting seat 100. Like this, in order to satisfy the user and get the convenient demand of thing, the opening angle of door body connecting seat 200 needs as big as possible, and utilizes the length of spout 101 to be in direct proportion with the opening angle of door body connecting seat 200, but be convenient for rationally set up the opening angle of door body connecting seat 200 according to the length of spout 101 to reach the purpose of being convenient for the user to getting article to the refrigerator memory, improve the convenience of access, reinforcing user's use experience is felt.

Optionally, in the case that the inclination angle of the chute 101 is fixed, the length of the chute 101 and the openable angle of the door body connection seat 200 with respect to the box installation seat 100 satisfy the following relationship:

y ₂ ＝0.002l ₁ ³ -0.24l ₁ ² +9.98l ₁ 71.72 where y ₂ For the openable angle of the door connector 200 with respect to the case mounting base 100, l ₁ Is the length of the chute 101.

Like this, according to the length of spout 101 and utilize above-mentioned computational formula, can calculate the angle that door body connecting seat 200 can be opened for box mount pad 100 accurately to according to user's user demand and refrigerator's installation space, through setting up the length of spout 101 rationally, can control the opening angle of door body connecting seat 200 at more reasonable scope, both be convenient for the user get article to the refrigerator memory, improve the convenience of access, can reduce the influence of barrier to the refrigerator door body opening process again, avoid opening the time with the condition that the barrier takes place the European collision, satisfy the operation requirement when the refrigerator accomplishes the installation under specific installation scene.

Alternatively, the length between the two connection points on the door body connection socket 200 is inversely proportional to the openable angle of the door body connection socket 200 with respect to the case mount 100. Like this, the length between two tie points on the door body connecting seat 200 is bigger, then the smaller the angle that the door body connecting seat 200 can be opened, on the contrary the smaller the length between two tie points on the door body connecting seat 200, then the bigger the angle that the door body connecting seat 200 can be opened, and because the open angle of the door body connecting seat 200 needs to be as big as possible in order to satisfy the convenient demand of user's getting, therefore can rationally set up the openable angle of the door body connecting seat 200 according to the length between two tie points on the door body connecting seat 200, in order to reach the purpose of being convenient for the user to get article to the refrigerator memory, improve the convenience of access.

Optionally, the length between the two connection points on the door body connection socket 200 and the openable angle of the door body connection socket 200 with respect to the box mount 100 satisfy the following relationship:

y ₂ ＝0.01l ₂ ⁴ -0.25l ₂ ³ +21.85l ₂ ² -841.66l ₂ +12497.59, where y ² For the openable angle of the door connector 200 with respect to the case mounting base 100, l ² Is the length between two connection points on the door body connection base 200.

Like this, according to the length between two tie points on door body connecting seat 200 and utilize above-mentioned formula, can calculate the angle that door body connecting seat 200 can be opened for box mount pad 100 accurately to according to user's user demand and refrigerator's installation space, through the length between two tie points on the reasonable setting door body connecting seat 200, can control the opening angle of door body connecting seat 200 at more reasonable scope, both be convenient for the user get article to the refrigerator memory, improve the convenience of access, can reduce the influence of barrier to the refrigerator door body opening process again, avoid opening the time with the condition that the barrier takes place the European collision, satisfy the use requirement when the refrigerator accomplishes the installation under specific installation scene.

Alternatively, the length of the connection point of the second link 302 to the box mount 100 from the side of the box mount 100 is proportional to the horizontal length between the side of the box mount 100 and the side of the door connector 200. Like this, in order to guarantee that the refrigerator leans on the wall to place in its inside important service area like drawer can normally pull out the use, the horizontal length between the side of box mount pad 100 and the side of door body connecting seat 200 when door body connecting seat 200 opens to the time of being of vital importance, the horizontal length of two needs as little as possible in order to guarantee that the drawer pulls out smoothly to use, consequently utilize the proportional relation, can set up the horizontal length between the side of box mount pad 100 and the side of door body connecting seat 200 more rationally, reduce the influence that causes the region that uses most conveniently to the refrigerator, improve the convenient degree that the refrigerator used.

Optionally, the length of the connection point of the second link 302 with the box mount 100 from the side of the box mount 100, and the horizontal length between the side of the box mount 100 and the side of the door connection mount 200 satisfy the following relationship:

y ₃ ＝0.001l ₃ ⁴ -0.01l ₃ ³ -2.34l ₃ ² +25.59l ₃ -5.49, wherein y ₃ Is the horizontal length l between the side of the box mount 100 and the side of the door mount 200 ₃ For the second connectionThe connection point of the rod 302 to the box mount 100 is a length from the side of the box mount 100.

Thus, according to the length of the connection point between the second connecting rod 302 and the box body mounting seat 100 from the side surface of the box body mounting seat 100 and by using the calculation formula, the horizontal length between the side surface of the box body mounting seat 100 and the side surface of the door body connecting seat 200 can be accurately calculated, the horizontal length between the box body mounting seat 100 and the door body connecting seat 200 can be set within a reasonable range, the drawer can be normally pulled out for use when the refrigerator is placed close to the wall, and the situation that more serious waste is caused to the most convenient area for use of the refrigerator is avoided.

It is understood that the horizontal length between the side of the case mounting seat 100 and the side of the door body coupling seat 200 means a horizontal distance between the front side of the door body coupling seat 200 and the side wall of the case mounting seat 100 in the case that the door body coupling seat 200 is opened to 90 °.

Alternatively, the length of the left displacement of the staggered point between the first link 301 and the second link 302 is inversely proportional to the horizontal length between the side of the box mount 100 and the side of the door body connection socket 200, and satisfies the following relationship:

y ₃ ＝0.002l ₄ ³ +0.29l ₄ ² -24.42l ₄ +838.81, where y ₃ Is the horizontal length l between the side of the box mount 100 and the side of the door mount 200 ₄ Is the length by which the staggered point between the first link 301 and the second link 302 is displaced to the left.

Like this, in order to guarantee that the refrigerator can be normally pulled out for use by an important use area such as a drawer therein when being placed by a wall, the horizontal length between the side surface of the box body installation seat 100 and the side surface of the door body connection seat 200 is critical when the door body connection seat 200 is opened to 90 degrees, and the horizontal length between the two needs to be as small as possible to ensure that the drawer is smoothly pulled out for use, so that the length of leftward displacement is utilized in a proportional relationship, according to the staggered point between the first connecting rod 301 and the second connecting rod 302, the horizontal length between the side surface of the box body installation seat 100 and the side surface of the door body connection seat 200 is reasonably set, the influence on the most convenient area for refrigerator use is reduced, the convenience degree of refrigerator use is improved, and better use experience is brought to users.

As shown in fig. 4, alternatively, the side surface of the chute 101 is an inclined surface. In this way, the side surface of the sliding groove 101 is set to be an inclined surface, so that the side surface of the sliding groove 101 has a funnel-like effect, the sliding groove has a furling function, a certain positioning function can be achieved when the sliding groove is matched with the fixing part of the pin shaft 103 with the inclined surface, the pin shaft 103 can slide along the sliding groove 101 more smoothly, the fixing parts at two ends of the pin shaft 103 can sink into a part like a groove, and the thickness of the whole hinge is further reduced.

Optionally, a slider 102 is provided in the chute 101, and the slider 102 is defined to slide along the chute 101, and one end of the first link 301 is rotatably connected to the slider 102. In this way, the first connecting rod 301 slides along the sliding chute 101 through the sliding block 102, and the first connecting rod 301 is rotationally connected with the sliding block 102, so that the sliding process of the first connecting rod 301 is more stable and smooth, the situation that sliding is blocked due to the fact that the first connecting rod 301 slides on the sliding chute 101 is avoided, the continuity and stability of the sliding process are ensured, and the flexible connection mode between the first connecting rod 301 and the sliding block 102 is utilized, in the process that the sliding block 102 drives the first connecting rod 301 to slide, the relative position between the first connecting rod 301 and the sliding block 102 is adjusted at any time by utilizing the rotational connection, the stability of the sliding process of the first connecting rod 301 is further enhanced, and the first connecting rod 301 can be smoothly and stably opened or closed the door body connecting seat 200 is ensured.

Alternatively, the slider 102 includes a pin 103 and a pin fixing portion 104, wherein the pin 103 passes through the end portions of the chute 101 and the first link 301, and both ends of the pin 103 are defined by the pin fixing portion 104, so that the pin 103 and the pin fixing portion 104 can stably slide along the chute 101. In this way, the end of the first link 301 can be better fixed, and the pin 103 passes through the chute 101, so that the first link 301 can slide in the chute 101 along with the pin 103, and the first link 301 can rotate along with the pin 103, thereby increasing the flexibility of the movement of the first link 301.

As shown in fig. 5, alternatively, a pin fixing portion 104 is mounted on a portion of the end portion of the pin 103 passing through the chute 101, and the pin fixing portion 104 has an inverted table-type structure, and the inclination angle of the side edge is the same as the inclination angle of the inclined surface. In this way, the pin fixing portion 104 can be more favorably engaged with the slide groove 101, and can stably slide along the slide groove 101.

Alternatively, the pin fixing portion 104 is entirely installed to be recessed in the chute 101. In this way, the protrusion of the pin fixing portion 104 can be avoided, the thickness of the box body mounting seat 100 can be influenced, and the thickness of the whole hinge can be further reduced.

Optionally, the second link 302 is provided with a limit groove 304 extending based on a connection point of the second link 302 and the third link 303. In this way, in the state where the link assembly 300 is folded, the second link 302 and the third link 303 are partially overlapped, and the limiting groove 304 is provided on the second link 302, so that on one hand, the position of the third link 303 can be limited, and the third link 303 is prevented from being excessively close to the second link 302, so that the links are blocked mutually, and on the other hand, a certain accommodating space is vacated for the third link 303, so that the thickness of the whole link assembly 300 can be further reduced.

Optionally, the side edge of the limit groove 304 is the same as the contour of the side edge of the third link 303. In this way, when the third link 303 and the second link 302 are close to each other, the side edge of the third link 303 can be completely attached to the side edge of the stopper groove 304, and the stability of the folding and attaching between the third link 303 and the second link 302 can be maintained.

Optionally, one end of at least one link of the link assembly 300 is provided with a clamping groove 305, and the clamping groove 305 clamps and is rotatably connected to one end of the other link. Like this, set up the connecting rod to the sheet structure, can reduce the holistic thickness of hinge, wherein the position that connecting rod and connecting rod are connected in the hinge becomes unsettled tie point, this position is not connected with box mount pad 100 or door body connecting seat 200, the atress is great, consequently set up centre gripping groove 305 in one of them connecting rod's one end for the one end of centre gripping another connecting rod can improve the stability that this position is connected, make this position can bear great power, prevent the hookup location atress between connecting rod and the connecting rod warp, perhaps take place to rock, improve the stability of connecting between the connecting rod, and then keep the holistic bearing capacity of hinge.

Alternatively, the clamping groove 305 is a groove formed in the connecting rod, and the outer side wall of the clamping groove is flush with the surface of the connecting rod. Therefore, the position of the groove on the connecting rod does not protrude out of the surface of the connecting rod, and the whole thickness of the hinge is prevented from being influenced.

Alternatively, one end of the link clamped in the clamping groove 305 is circular arc-shaped. Thus, the connecting rods can be prevented from being clamped on the inner wall of the clamping groove 305 when rotating in the clamping groove 305, and the smoothness of rotation between the two connecting rods can be improved.

Optionally, a clamping groove 305 is provided on the third link 303. In this way, since the first connecting rod 301 and the second connecting rod 302 are hinged to each other and are staggered and in a stacked state, the stacking thickness of the first connecting rod 301 and the second connecting rod 302 is larger, the clamping groove 305 is required to clamp one connecting rod, the thickness of the setting position is larger, and the third connecting rod 303 is not required to be staggered with the first connecting rod 301, so that the clamping groove 305 is arranged on the third connecting rod 303, the side space of the first connecting rod 301 and the side space of the second connecting rod 302 can be fully utilized, the whole thickness of the connecting rod assembly 300 can not be excessively increased, the whole hinge is kept thinner, and the space occupation of the hinge is reduced.

Optionally, the third link 303 has a bending section 306. In this way, the bending section 306 is arranged on the third connecting rod 303, so that when the third connecting rod 303 is folded relative to the second connecting rod 302, a certain distance can be kept between the third connecting rod and the second connecting rod 302, and the second connecting rod 302 and the third connecting rod 303 are prevented from being blocked mutually when the hinge is stored, so that the normal operation of the hinge is prevented from being influenced.

Optionally, the sliding block 102 is also covered with wear pad 400. In this way, since the slider 102 slides in the chute 101 and is also easily worn, the wear pad 400 is coated on the slider 102, and the wear between the slider 102 and the chute 101 can be effectively reduced.

Optionally, the wear pad 400 is wrapped on the slider 102, which means that the wear pad 400 is wrapped on the sides of the pin 103 and the pin fixing portion 104. In this way, the abrasion of sliding along the direction of the sliding chute 101 and the abrasion of rotating the first connecting rod 301 along the pin shaft 103 can be avoided, the connecting rod assembly 300 is better protected, and the integral use stability of the hinge is improved.

As shown in fig. 6-9, in some embodiments, the case mount 100 is a U-shaped mount defining a first receptacle 105; the door body connecting seat 200 is a U-shaped seat and defines a second accommodating portion 201; one end of the connecting rod assembly 300 is rotatably connected in the first accommodating part 105, and the other end is rotatably connected in the second accommodating cavity, wherein the box body mounting seat 100 is matched with the door body connecting seat 200 under the condition that the connecting rod assembly 300 is in a folded state, so that the first accommodating part 105 and the second accommodating part 201 completely wrap the connecting rod assembly 300. Like this, all set up box mount pad 100 and door body connecting seat 200 into the U-shaped seat, its inside sets up first accommodation portion 105 and second accommodation portion 201 respectively, under the condition that door body connecting seat 200 and box mount pad 100 adaptation are connected, utilize first accommodation portion 105 and second accommodation portion 201 can accomodate the parcel with whole link assembly 300, on the one hand can utilize the bottom side of first accommodation portion 105 to support link assembly 300, prevent that link assembly 300 atress takes place deformation for a long time under the condition that the door closed, on the other hand with link assembly 300 whole centre gripping in first accommodation portion 105 and second accommodation portion 201, can form fixedly to link assembly 300, prevent link assembly 300 from taking place to rock, improve the holistic stability of hinge.

Optionally, a mounting hole is formed on a rear sidewall of the case mounting seat 100 for fixedly mounting the case mounting seat 100 on the case, wherein the rear sidewall of the case mounting seat 100 is a sidewall opposite to the opening of the first receiving portion 105. Therefore, the box body is convenient to install and connected with the box body, other space is not additionally occupied, and the space occupation of the hinge is reduced.

Alternatively, the depth of the first receiving portion 105 is greater than the depth of the second receiving portion 201. Like this, because the weight of the door body passes through the transmission of link assembly 300, finally act on box mount pad 100, therefore box mount pad 100 also is as main bearing position when the door body is closed, set up the degree of depth of first holding portion 105 to be greater than the degree of depth of second holding portion 201, can accomodate the more positions of link assembly 300 into first holding portion 105 as far as possible, thereby utilize the better bearing link assembly 300 of first holding portion 105, reduce the atress of link assembly 300, prevent that link assembly 300 from producing the deformation for a long time atress, the stability of hinge overall use is improved, better bearing door body's weight when the door body is closed.

As will be appreciated, the first receiving portion 105 and the second receiving portion 201 are collectively referred to as receiving portions, and the depth of the receiving portions refers to the distance of the opening thereof from the inner side wall opposite the opening.

Optionally, a mating load bearing structure 500 is provided between the box mount 100 and the door mount 200. Like this, utilize cooperation bearing structure 500 to link up box mount pad 100 and door body connecting seat 200, directly transmit the box mount pad 100 with the last power of door body connecting seat 200 on, reduce the atress of link assembly 300, prevent that link assembly 300 atress from taking place deformation for a long time, the door body that leads to rocks scheduling problem.

As shown in fig. 8, optionally, the mating load bearing structure 500 includes: a load bearing groove 501 and a load bearing protrusion 502. The bearing groove 501 is arranged on the box body mounting seat 100; the bearing protrusion 502 is disposed on the door body connecting seat 200 and can be connected with the bearing groove 501 in an adaptive manner, so that the box body mounting seat 100 forms a bearing function on the door body connecting seat 200. Thus, when the door is closed, the door connecting seat 200 is opposite to the box mounting seat 100, so that the bearing protrusion 502 provided on the door connecting seat 200 is inserted into the bearing groove 501 of the box mounting seat 100, and the force on the door connecting seat 200 is directly transferred to the box mounting seat 100 through the bearing protrusion 502, so that the stress of the connecting rod assembly 300 is reduced.

As shown in fig. 9, alternatively, the door body connecting seat 200 is provided with a right-angle connecting sheet 202, one surface of the right-angle connecting sheet 202 is detachably connected with the door body connecting seat 200, and the other surface is used for fixing the door body. Thus, the side edge of the door body can be better fixed through the right-angle connecting sheet 202, so that the door body can be better contacted with the box body without being blocked by the hinge, and the joint between the door body and the box body is kept.

As shown in fig. 10-12, in some embodiments, the hinge assembly further includes a door closer 600. The door closer 600 is disposed in the receiving portion and is combined with one link of the link assembly 300 in a linkage manner. Like this, through changing the structure of box mount pad 100, make its inside limit a holding portion, with the one end of link assembly 300 and the equal mount pad of door closer 600 in this holding portion, and make the door closer 600 and a connecting rod linkage combination in the link assembly 300, supplementary link assembly 300 accomodate the closure, it can overlap with link assembly 300 to integrate door closer 600 in box mount pad 100 inside, make it in the horizontal direction, do not additionally occupy the space, reduce hinge structure and the holistic thickness of door closer 600, practice thrift installation space, reduce the influence to the whole volume of refrigerator.

Alternatively, the door closer 600 is combined with the second link 302 in a linked manner. Thus, since the position of one end of the second connecting rod 302 relative to the box body mounting seat 100 is not changed and is located in the box body mounting seat 100, the second connecting rod 302 can be better matched with the door closer 600 for linkage, the door closer 600 applies force to the second connecting rod 302, the whole connecting rod assembly 300 can be driven to move through the second connecting rod 302, further, the auxiliary force during storage is provided for the whole connecting rod assembly 300, the door body is conveniently closed, and the door body is prevented from being opened by itself.

It should be understood that the linkage combination of the door closer 600 and the second link 302 means that the door closer 600 and the second link 302 have a follow-up property, and the door closer 600 may be directly connected to the second link 302 or may abut against the second link 302.

Optionally, one end of one of the links in the link assembly 300 is provided with a protruding stop 309, the protruding stop 309 being in linkage combination with the movable end of the door closer 600. In this way, by arranging the protruding stop 309 at one end of the connecting rod to enable the protruding stop 309 to be matched with the door closer 600, the door closer 600 can be better matched with the connecting rod to move, the door closer 600 can not be directly connected with the connecting rod, the door closer 600 is arranged at one side of the connecting rod, and the door closer 600 can be prevented from clamping the connecting rod to influence the normal storage of the connecting rod.

Alternatively, the protruding bar 309 and the connecting rod are integrally formed, and a set angle is formed between the protruding direction of the protruding bar 309 and the extending direction of the connecting rod. In this way, the integrity of the protruding bar 309 and the connecting rod can be maintained, so that the door closer is more stable, because two connecting rods which are arranged in a crossing way exist in the connecting rod assembly 300, an angle is necessarily formed between the unfolded state of the connecting rod and the box installation seat 100, and the door closer 600 is installed in the box installation seat 100, so that the space is saved, the door closer 600 needs to be installed in parallel to the box installation seat 100 as much as possible, and the protruding bar 309 is arranged to have a set angle with the connecting rod assembly 300, so that the door closer 600 can be better matched with the installation angle of the door closer 600, and the door closer 600 can better follow the connecting rod through the protruding bar 309.

Alternatively, the protruding step 309 is provided with a positioning concave surface 310 and a sliding surface 311, and the positioning concave surface 310 is provided on a side of the protruding step 309 that interfaces with the link, and the sliding surface 311 is provided on a side of the protruding step 309 that opposes the link. Thus, when the connecting rod is in the folded state, one end of the door closer 600 can be clamped in the positioning concave surface 310, and further a certain limiting effect is provided for the movement of the connecting rod, so that the connecting rod is prevented from being opened by itself in the folded state, when the door closer is applied, the door is prevented from being opened by itself, cold leakage and the like are caused, when one end of the door closer 600 is close to the positioning concave surface 310 and is not completely clamped in the positioning concave surface 310, the door closer 600 has a sliding trend towards the positioning concave surface 310, and therefore the connecting rod can be assisted to be in a state of being fully folded just before the connecting rod is fully folded, when the door is applied, a small distance before the door is fully closed is provided with an auxiliary door closing force, the situation that the door is not fully closed by a user is prevented, and the door cannot be normally closed is prevented, when the door is fully slid out of the positioning concave surface 310 from the positioning concave surface 311 in the opening process of the door, at this moment, one end of the door closer 600 only slides on the sliding surface 311, the running of the connecting rod is not influenced, when the door is applied, the door is opened by a certain distance, and the door is prevented from being opened by the user, and the door is prevented from being opened normally.

Optionally, the door closer 600 includes: a slide rod 601, a slide seat 602 and a spring 603. One end of the sliding rod 601 is connected with the box body mounting seat 100 through a positioning seat; the sliding seat 602 is sleeved on the other end of the sliding rod 601 and can slide relative to the sliding rod 601, the sliding seat 602 is in sliding connection with the box body mounting seat 100, and the sliding direction of the sliding seat is the same as the extending direction of the sliding rod 601; the spring 603 is sleeved on the sliding rod 601 between the sliding seat 602 and the fixed position. In this way, one end of the door closer 600 is fixed, the other end can move along with one end of the connecting rod, and the restoring force is applied to the connecting rod through the restoring force of the spring 603, so that the connecting rod has a force which is inclined to the closing state of the door body, and the door body is driven to be closed better, wherein the spring 603 is sleeved on the sliding rod 601, the restoring force of the spring 603 can be limited to be along the direction of the sliding rod 601, and the spring 603 is prevented from deflecting to one side in the stress compression process, and the conduction of the force is influenced.

Optionally, the box mounting base 100 is provided with a sliding groove 106, and the sliding base 602 is provided with a protrusion, and the protrusion is limited to slide in the sliding groove 106. Thus, the stability of sliding of the slide base 602 in the housing mount 100 can be improved, and the slide base 602 is prevented from being deviated.

Optionally, a roller 604 is disposed on the sliding seat 602, and the roller 604 abuts against the protruding rail 309. Thus, the door closer 600 can be better matched with the connecting rod, moving friction can be generated between the door closer 600 and the connecting rod in the moving process of the connecting rod, the friction can be reduced by arranging the roller 604, so that the door closer 600 and the connecting rod can move more smoothly, on one hand, the abrasion can be reduced, and on the other hand, the friction noise can be avoided.

Optionally, the second link 302 is provided with a receiving groove 312, where the receiving groove 312 corresponds to the door closer 600, and part or all of the door closer 600 is located in the receiving groove 312 in the fully closed state of the door body connecting seat 200. In this way, the door closer 600 can avoid the situation that the second connecting rod 302 is blocked to rotate in the box body mounting seat 100, so as to ensure the stability of the closing process, and the sliding end of the door closer 600 can be stably abutted against the second connection, so as to ensure the stability of the closing process of the door body connecting seat 200.

In another alternative embodiment, as shown in fig. 13-14, a door closer 600 is disposed within the chute 101 and is in linkage combination with a link rotatably disposed within the chute 101. In this way, the chute 101 is provided on the box body mounting seat 100, and as the door body is opened relative to the box body, one end of the connecting rod in the connecting rod assembly 300 slides in the chute 101, and the door closer 600 is provided in the chute 101, so that the door closer 600 provided in the chute 101 has an auxiliary door closing effect by pushing the sliding of the connecting rod in the chute 101 because the association degree of the movement of the connecting rod relative to the chute 101 and the door body opening and closing is large, and the door closer 600 is provided in the chute 101, so that the normal auxiliary door closing effect can be maintained, and meanwhile, the space occupied by the door closer 600 can be fully utilized, the whole thickness of the hinge structure and the door closer 600 can be reduced, the installation space can be saved, and the influence on the whole volume of the refrigerator can be reduced.

As shown in fig. 13, the door closer 600 is alternatively a compression spring 605 which is provided along the chute 101, one end of which is fixed to one end of the chute 101, and the other end of which abuts on a portion of the link extending into the chute 101. Like this, can apply the power like spout 101 one end for sliding connection at spout 101 inner connecting rod through compression spring 605's restoring force all the time, can more steadily apply force for the connecting rod, and then make the connecting rod have the state of tending to accomodate all the time, and then drive the door body and tend to closed state, prevent that the door body from opening by oneself, and have supplementary better supplementary effect of closing the door when the user closes the door body, adopt compression spring 605 simple structure simultaneously, the production degree of difficulty is lower.

Optionally, an arcuate tab 606 is provided at the end of compression spring 605 that abuts the link. Therefore, the compression spring 605 and the connecting rod can be better combined, the contact position of the compression spring 605 and the connecting rod is prevented from slipping, the connection stability of the compression spring 605 and the connecting rod is improved, the rotation of the connecting rod is not influenced, and the smooth movement of the connecting rod is kept.

It should be understood that, when the link is fixed to the chute 101 by the pin 103, the contact between the compression spring 605 and the portion of the link extending into the chute 101 means contact with the pin 103.

Alternatively, the arc of the arc-shaped piece 606 is the same as the arc of the surface of the pin 103 inserted into the chute 101 on the connecting rod. In this way, the arc piece 606 can better abut against the pin 103, so that the arc piece and the pin are prevented from being separated, and the linkage stability of the arc piece and the pin is maintained.

The pin shaft 103 rotates relative to the arc-shaped sheet 606, so that one side of the arc-shaped sheet 606 facing the pin shaft 103 is set to be a smooth surface, friction force between the arc-shaped sheet 606 and the pin shaft is reduced, the pin shaft 103 rotates more smoothly, abrasion can be reduced, and friction noise is reduced.

Optionally, the compression spring 605 is sleeved on the positioning sliding rod 607, one end of the positioning sliding rod 607 is fixedly connected with the movable end of the compression spring 605, and the other end can slide out of the fixed end of the sliding chute 101 and the compression spring 605. In this way, the positioning sliding rod 607 can keep the compression and recovery processes of the compression spring 605 on the same straight line, prevent the compression spring 605 from shifting when being stressed, make the recovery force of the compression spring 605 conducted along the straight line, better push the connecting rod to move, and assist the user to close the door body.

Optionally, one end of the chute 101 is provided with a slide rod groove 608 along the extending direction of the chute 101, and one end of the compression spring 605 is fixed at the junction of the chute 101 and the slide rod groove 608. Thus, when the positioning slide rod 607 passes out of the sliding groove 101, the positioning slide rod 607 can be accommodated by the slide rod groove 608, so that the stability of the movement of the positioning slide rod 607 is maintained.

As shown in fig. 14, in some embodiments, the door closer 600 is an arc-shaped spring piece 609, where the arc-shaped spring piece 609 is attached to a side wall of the chute 101 and protrudes toward an inner wall of the chute 101, and can be flattened when the connecting rod passes. In this way, the volume of the door closer 600 can be further reduced, the door closer 600 is better combined with the chute 101 into a whole, the installation space is saved, the thickness of the hinge structure and the whole door closer 600 is reduced, the installation space is saved, and the influence on the whole volume of the refrigerator is reduced.

Alternatively, two sockets are provided on the side wall of the chute 101, and two ends of the arc-shaped spring piece 609 are fixedly inserted into the two sockets, respectively. Like this, because the thickness of arc inserted sheet is less, the fixed effect of ordinary fixed mode is not ideal, through all inserting the both ends of arc spring piece 609 in the socket, can play better fixed effect, prevent that arc spring piece 609 atress from taking place to drop.

Alternatively, in the collapsed state of the link assembly 300, one end of the link rotatably disposed in the chute 101 is located at the first end of the chute 101, and one end of the arc-shaped spring piece 609 is disposed at the first end of the chute 101. Thus, the arc-shaped spring piece 609 can play a limiting role, when the connecting rod assembly 300 is in a folded state, one end of the connecting rod is fixed, the connecting rod assembly 300 can be prevented from being opened by oneself, the door body is prevented from being opened by oneself, and the door body is kept to be closed tightly.

Optionally, a set gap is formed between the arc-shaped spring piece 609 and the first end of the chute 101, and a positioning portion is defined between the first end of the chute 101 and the arc-shaped spring piece 609, and the pin 103 connected with the connecting rod can be just clamped in the positioning portion. Thus, after the pin 103 passes through the arc-shaped spring piece 609, the pin 103 can be fixed at the first end of the chute 101, so that the pin 103 is prevented from moving, and the door body is kept closed and is prevented from being opened by itself when the door body is embodied in application.

Optionally, the arc of the arc spring 609 is divided into two segments, with the arc toward the first end of the chute 101 being less than the arc toward the other end. Thus, when the connecting rod assembly 300 is folded, under the condition that one connecting rod presses the arc-shaped spring piece 609, the connecting rod can be slowly pushed to the first end of the chute 101 under the action of the restoring force of the arc-shaped spring piece 609, so that a certain stroke is provided in the stress process, and the connecting rod assembly has a certain function of automatically closing the door body under the condition that a user does not completely close the door body, thereby preventing the door body from being not completely closed, and causing the conditions of cold leakage and the like.

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides a refrigerator including: the hinge structure of any one of the above embodiments.

The above description and the drawings illustrate embodiments of the disclosure sufficiently to enable those skilled in the art to practice them. Other embodiments may include structural and other modifications. The embodiments represent only possible variations. Individual components and functions are optional unless explicitly required, and the sequence of operations may vary. Portions and features of some embodiments may be included in, or substituted for, those of others. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims

1. A hinge assembly, comprising:

the box body mounting seat (100) is a U-shaped seat and defines a containing part;

the door body connecting seat (200) is also a U-shaped seat;

the connecting rod assembly (300) comprises a plurality of sheet-shaped connecting rods, one ends of part of the connecting rods are rotatably connected with the box body installation seat (100), one ends of part of the connecting rods are rotatably connected with the door body connection seat (200), the end parts of the connecting rods are rotatably connected with the box body installation seat (100) and the door body connection seat (200), and protruding parts (307) which are perpendicular to the surface of the connecting rods and extend outwards in a protruding mode are respectively formed at the end parts of the connecting rods.

2. The hinge assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the sum of the thicknesses of the connecting rod and the projection (307) provided therewith is adapted to the thickness of the inner cavity of the U-shaped seat in which it is mounted.

3. The hinge assembly according to claim 1, wherein the end portion of the connecting rod is provided with a connecting hole (308), a pin shaft (103) is penetrated in the connecting hole (308), and the connecting hole is rotatably connected with the box body mounting seat (100) or the door body connecting seat (200) through the pin shaft (103).

4. A hinge assembly according to claim 3, characterized in that the projection (307) extends convexly around the connection hole (308) such that the connection hole (308) extends through the connecting rod and its projection (307).

5. The hinge assembly according to claim 1, characterized in that the end of the connecting rod provided with the protrusion (307) is covered with wear pads (400).

6. The hinge assembly of any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the link assembly (300) comprises:

one end of the first connecting rod (301) is rotationally and slidingly connected with the box body mounting seat (100);

a second link (302) hinged to the case mount (100), a middle region thereof being hinged to a middle region of the first link (301);

and a third connecting rod (303) hinged with one end of the second connecting rod (302).

7. The hinge assembly according to claim 6, wherein the housing mount (100) is provided with a chute (101), and one end of the first link (301) is slidable along the chute (101).

8. The hinge assembly according to claim 7, characterized in that the side of the chute (101) is an inclined surface.

9. The hinge assembly of claim 6, wherein the third link (303) has a bending section (306).

10. A refrigerator comprising a hinge assembly according to any one of claims 1 to 9.