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

Claim 7:
8. A trim breaker for a vacuum insulated structure, the trim breaker comprising:
a plastic body that defines a wrapper channel configured to receive a metallic outer wrapper and a liner channel configured to receive a metallic inner liner;
a plurality of gas-blocking flakes that are disposed throughout the plastic body; and
a metallic plate that is disposed entirely within the trim breaker and extends from a first area proximate the liner channel to a second area proximate the wrapper channel to define 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 between the wrapper channel and the liner channel, the plate-supporting portion of the trim breaker configured to be located within an insulating cavity defined between the metallic inner liner, the metallic outer wrapper, and the trim breaker.