A refrigerator includes a door including a rotation part protruding outward from a side surface of the door, and a protection member configured to face a side surface part of the door and having at least some parts disposed between the rotation part and the main body when the door is closed, such that a user's finger is prevented from being caught between the main body and the door during rotation of the door. No magnet is installed in the gasket, a separate magnet member is provided while spaced apart from the gasket, thereby reducing the thickness of the gasket, improving the energy efficiency of the refrigerator. A seating member for seating a hot pipe thereon is provided in a partition wall of the refrigerator, thereby minimizing cool air of a storage chamber leaking to the outside.

A hinge apparatus that includes a stationary hinge portion, which includes a first bracket configured to be attached to a fixed surface, a first arm extending from the first bracket, and a second arm extending from the first bracket. The first and second brackets include axial holes with a hinge pin arranged therethrough. The hinge pin defines a rotation axis. The stationary hinge portion also includes a stop plate extending away from the first bracket and connected to the first arm. The hinge apparatus also includes a rotatable hinge portion, which includes a body arranged around the hinge pin between the first and second arms and a stop body extending from the body along the rotation axis. Ends of the stop body contact the stop plate to limit rotation of the body about the rotation axis. A second bracket configured to be attached to a movable body.

An entrapment detection sensor that detects entrapment caused by an opening/closing body includes an anode sensor electrode and a cathode sensor electrode. The anode sensor electrode is set on the opening/closing body at a location where entrapment caused by the opening/closing body occurs. The cathode sensor electrode is set on the opening/closing body at a location spaced apart by a gap from the anode sensor electrode. The entrapment detection sensor detects a charged object that approaches the anode sensor electrode as an entrapment subject and cancels detection of the charged object that approaches the cathode sensor electrode.

The invention relates to a hinge (1) for connecting a movable part (T) to another part (R), wherein the hinge (1) has four levers (2, 3, 4, 5) with seven points of rotation (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31), and six (25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31) of the seven points of rotation (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31) are arranged axially symmetrically in relation to a mirror axis (S), which runs through one (29) of the seven points of rotation (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31), and two (25, 26) of the six symmetrically arranged points of rotation (25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31) can be fixed on the movable part, and two (27, 28) of the six symmetrically arranged points of rotation (25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31) can be fixed on the other part, in each case by means of an attachment (6), and the attachments (6) secure the relative position of the in each case two points of rotation (25, 26; 27, 28) in relation to one another, and one (25) of the two points of rotation (25, 26) secured by means of a first of the two attachments (6) is connected, by means of one lever (3) of the four levers (2, 3, 4, 5), to one (30) of the two symmetrically arranged points of rotation (30, 31) which are present outside the attachment (6), and the other (26) of the two points of rotation (25, 26) secured by means of the first attachment (6) is connected, by means of a further lever (5) of the four levers (2, 3, 4, 5), to the other one (31) of the two symmetrically arranged points of rotation (30, 31) which are present outside the attachments (6), wherein the further lever (5) also incorporates the point of rotation (29), through which the mirror axis (S) runs, wherein, in the closed state, there is an enclosed angle of less than 155 between a connecting line between the point of rotation (29) having the mirror axis (S) and a point of rotation (31) outside the attachments (6) and a connecting line between the point of rotation (29) having the mirror axis and the point of rotation (26) at the attachment (6) for a lever (5).

A vehicle door system includes a vehicle door and electrically-powered linear and rotary actuators. The vehicle door system also includes a pinch sensor. Upon receiving an open door command, a controller actuates the linear actuator and then actuates the rotary actuator to open the door. The controller also actuates the linear actuator to prevent closing of the door if the pinch-sensor detects an object in a door opening. The controller actuates the rotary actuator to close the door upon receiving a close door command.

A vehicle includes a body and front and rear doors having front and rear powered latches, front and rear anti-pinch sensors, and front and rear electrically-powered door openers. The vehicle further includes a controller that is configured to receive an unlatch signal from unlatch sensors/switches and generate a signal to unlatch the front and rear powered latches and actuate the front and rear door openers after the front and rear powered latches are unlatched. The controller may also be configured to actuate the rear door opener to retain the rear door in an open position when the front pinch sensor detects a hand to thereby prevent pinching.

A hinge-side finger protection device for a leaf door includes a protective profile attachable to the leaf door by clamping between two door hinges or between a door hinge and a stop device. An adapter part is further present having an end face of which the position relative to the protective profile is changeable in the longitudinal direction in order to enable the protective profile to be inserted and clamped between the door hinges or between the one door hinge and the stop device. The adapter part is insertable into the protective profile. The end face of the adapter part is arranged on a side of the adapter part opposite the protective profile when the adapter part is inserted in the protective profile. The hinge-side finger protection device enables quick and easy installation on a door and can be used with a different door hinges.

A hinge apparatus that includes a stationary hinge portion, which includes a first bracket configured to be attached to a fixed surface, a first arm extending from the first bracket, and a second arm extending from the first bracket. The first and second brackets include axial holes with a hinge pin arranged therethrough. The hinge pin defines a rotation axis. The stationary hinge portion also includes a stop plate extending away from the first bracket and connected to the first arm. The hinge apparatus also includes a rotatable hinge portion, which includes a body arranged around the hinge pin between the first and second arms and a stop body extending from the body along the rotation axis. Ends of the stop body contact the stop plate to limit rotation of the body about the rotation axis. A second bracket configured to be attached to a movable body.

A multi-joint link hinge includes a hinge bracket, a plurality of links axially coupled to the hinge bracket, and a door bracket coupled to the plurality of links. The hinge bracket includes a base portion that defines a plurality of screw coupling holes at a vertical surface thereof, a plurality of side portions that extend from the base portion in a horizontal direction and are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, and a side surface portion that extends from the base portion in the vertical direction and defines a fixing groove. The plurality of links are coupled between the plurality of side portions along an axis that extends in the vertical direction. The multi-joint link hinge is used for a home appliance including refrigerators.

Systems and devices to control rotational and/or arcuate motion are provided herein. In some examples, a hinge system is configured to replace a conventional door hinge and to control motion of the door. In some examples, a hinge system is configured to replace a conventional door hinge and to control motion of the door by employing a shear thickening fluid. In some examples, a door closure system is configured to replace a conventional door hinge and to control motion of the door by employing two opposing springs.