- Patent Title: Exterior member for home appliance and manufacture method thereof
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Application No.: US15274731Application Date: 2016-09-23
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Publication No.: US10054361B2Publication Date: 2018-08-21
- Inventor: Sunggab Kim , Byungchun Moon , Pojin Kim , Jahun Koo , Youngwoo Kim , Kuhyeong Lee
- Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
- Applicant Address: KR Seoul
- Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: KR Seoul
- Agency: Fish & Richardson P.C.
- Priority: KR10-2015-0137132 20150925; KR10-2015-0140035 20151005; KR10-2015-0144990 20151016
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; F25D23/02 ; A47L15/42 ; D06F39/00 ; F25D29/00

Abstract:
An exterior member for a home appliance includes a front panel that defines an exterior of the home appliance, that is configured to cover a display assembly that includes a plurality of LEDs, and that includes a displaying part that defines a plurality of first through-holes at positions corresponding to the plurality of LEDs, the displaying part being configured to display operating information of the home appliance by transmitting light from the plurality of LEDs through at least a portion of the plurality of first through-holes. The exterior member further includes a front surface coating layer that is located on a front surface of the front panel and that is configured to shield the plurality of first through-holes. The exterior member further includes a hole-filling member that is configured to fill the plurality of first through-holes by coating a rear surface of the displaying part with a material.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170089633A1 EXTERIOR MEMBER FOR HOME APPLIANCE AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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