Patent ID: 11858235
Assignee: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  D  F  Y | IPC B  D  F

Claim 0:
1. A vacuum insulated structure comprising:
a trim breaker having a wrapper channel and a liner channel that extend perimetrically about the trim breaker;
an inner liner attached to the trim breaker at the liner channel;
an outer wrapper attached to the trim breaker at the wrapper channel; and
a metallic plate disposed within the trim breaker and extending from a first area proximate the liner channel to a second area proximate the wrapper channel, the metallic plate defining an internal barrier to gas permeation through the trim breaker, wherein an edge of the metallic plate is co-planar with a plate-supporting portion of the trim breaker, wherein the plate-supporting portion of the trim breaker is positioned within an insulating cavity defined between the inner liner, the outer wrapper, and the trim breaker.