公开(公告)号：US12276453B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-15

申请号：US18310883

申请日：2023-05-02

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sangho Lee ,  Changhyun Park ,  Suho Jo ,  Byoungmok Kim ,  Jonghyun Son ,  Bongkeun Lim ,  Jaeyeon Hwang

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  H04R1/02 ,  H04R1/08

Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage chamber having an open front surface is provided, a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open or close the storage chamber, and a microphone device disposed on an upper end of the door and configured to receive a voice command, wherein the microphone device includes a microphone supported by a substrate and configured to receive voice data, a cover protruding upward from the upper end of the door and including a voice input hole passing through a front surface and a rear surface of the cover and a microphone hole vertically extending downward from the voice input hole so that the voice input hole and the microphone are connected, and a sealing member disposed between the substrate and the cover so that the substrate is in close contact with the cover.