Patent ID: 11874052
Assignee: HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 1:
2. The refrigerator appliance of claim 1, wherein the damper assembly defines the axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction, and wherein the damper assembly further comprises:
a base plate defining a plurality of openings in the radial direction;
a motor attached to the base plate and extending along the axial direction, the motor being configured to drive a motor gear; and
a cam gear operably meshed with the motor gear, the cam gear comprising a cam groove formed into an axial face of the cam gear;
wherein each of the plurality of sliders is slidably attached to the base plate and operably connected with the cam groove, the plurality of sliders each selectively sliding with respect to the base plate between a first position and a second position according to a rotation of the cam gear.