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公开(公告)号:US12130063B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-29
申请号:US17281777
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Sunggyun Son , Donghoon Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Yongjun Bae , Chongyoung Park
CPC classification number: F25C1/243 , F25C5/08 , F25C2400/08 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2600/04 , F25C2700/12
Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: a storage compartment for storing food; a first temperature sensor for sensing the temperature in the storage compartment; a door for opening and closing the storage compartment; a cold air supply means for supplying cold air into the storage compartment; trays forming ice-making cells which are spaces in which water changes phase into ice due to the cold air; a second temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of the water or ice in the ice-making cells; a heater for supplying heat to the trays; and a control unit for controlling the heater, wherein, after opening or closing of the door is sensed during the ice-making process, the control unit increases the cooling power of the cold air supply means if an increase in cooling power therefrom is determined to be needed on the basis of the temperature sensed by the first temperature sensor, and decreases the amount of heat applied by the heater if a reduction in heat applied by the heater is determined to be needed on the basis of the change in temperature sensed by the second temperature sensor.
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公开(公告)号:US12117225B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17282100
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Seungseob Yeom , Wookyong Lee , Donghoon Lee , Donghoon Lee , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC classification number: F25C1/24 , F25C5/08 , F25C2400/10
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a cooler configured to supply cold, a tray defining an ice making cell, a liquid supply configured to supply liquid, a temperature sensor, a heater configured to supply heat, and a controller configured to control the heater. The controller controls the heater to be turned on during ice making to make transparent ice. The controller variably controls a heating amount of the heater so that an ice making rate is maintained within a predetermined range. When a defrosting start condition is satisfied in the ice making process, the controller performs a defrosting process.
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公开(公告)号:US12111091B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17282304
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC classification number: F25C5/08 , F25C1/10 , F25C1/24 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2400/14 , F25C2600/02 , F25C2600/04 , F25C2700/12
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a cooler configured to supply cold air, a first tray, a second tray, a driver configured to move the second tray with respect to the first tray, a heater provided adjacent to at least one of the first tray or the second tray, and a controller configured to control the heater and the driver. The controller controls the heater to be turned on during ice making to make transparent ice.
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公开(公告)号:US12111089B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US17281776
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Sunggyun Son , Donghoon Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Yongjun Bae , Chongyoung Park
CPC classification number: F25C1/18 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25C2400/08 , F25C2600/04
Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator. A refrigerator of the present invention may comprise: a first tray assembly forming a part of an ice making cell; and a second tray assembly forming another part of the ice making cell. The first tray assembly includes a first tray defining a part of the ice making cell and a first tray case supporting the first tray, and the second tray assembly includes a second tray defining another part of the ice making cell and a second tray case supporting the second tray. One of the first and second tray cases includes a first par having a shape corresponding to the ice making cell and a second part extending from a certain point of the first part so as to support one of the first tray and the second tray.
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公开(公告)号:US12104840B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
申请号:US17282232
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC classification number: F25C5/08 , F25C1/18 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25D29/00 , F25C2400/06 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2700/12 , F25D2700/123
Abstract: A refrigerator includes an ice maker, which includes an ice making cell, a heater configured to supply heat to the ice making cell during an ice making process, and a controller configured to control the heater. A cooling power of the cooler when a temperature sensed by a temperature sensor is greater than or equal to a limit temperature during an ice making process is greater than a cooling power of the cooler when the temperature is less than the limit temperature. A heating amount of the heater when the temperature sensed by the temperature sensor is greater than or equal to the limit temperature during the ice making process is greater than a heating amount of the heater when the temperature is less than the limit temperature.
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公开(公告)号:US12104839B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
申请号:US17282195
申请日:2019-10-02
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Chongyoung Park , Donghoon Lee , Sunggyun Son
Abstract: An ice maker, according to the present disclosure, comprises: a first tray forming a part of an ice-making cell; a second tray forming another part of the ice-making cell; and a heater arranged on the first tray or the second tray, wherein the heater operates during a period when cold air is supplied for the purpose of freezing ice.
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公开(公告)号:US12031763B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-09
申请号:US17281983
申请日:2019-10-02
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Sunggyun Son
CPC classification number: F25C5/08 , F25C1/18 , F25C1/24 , F25C5/06 , F25C2700/04
Abstract: An ice maker, may include a first tray forming a part of a plurality of ice-making cells; a second tray forming another part of the plurality of ice-making cells; and a heater arranged on the first tray or the second tray, wherein the heater supplies heat to the plurality of ice-making cells.
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公开(公告)号:US20240118009A1
公开(公告)日:2024-04-11
申请号:US18543155
申请日:2023-12-18
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon LEE , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC classification number: F25C1/18 , F25C1/24 , F25C5/08 , F25D29/00 , F25C2400/06 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2600/04 , F25C2700/12
Abstract: A refrigerator of the present disclosure can include an ice making cell, a heater configured to supply heat to the ice making cell during an ice making process, and a controller configured to control the heater. The process for controlling the heater includes a basic heating process and an additional heating process that is performed after the basic heating process. In the basic heating process, the controller performs control so that a heating amount of the heater varies according to a mass per unit height of water in the ice making cell. In at least partial section of the additional heating process, the controller controls the heater to operate with a heating amount that is equal to or less than a heating amount of the heater in the basic heating process.
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公开(公告)号:US20240085079A1
公开(公告)日:2024-03-14
申请号:US18511242
申请日:2023-11-16
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon LEE , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC classification number: F25C1/18 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25C5/08 , F25C2400/08 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2600/04
Abstract: A refrigerator may include: a storage chamber, a first ice-maker, a second ice-maker, a cooler for supplying the cold to the storage chamber and the ice-making chamber, an ice bin for storing ice generated by the second ice-maker, a water supply unit for supplying water to the ice-making cell, a heater for supplying heat to the ice-making cell, and a controller for controlling the heater. The controller may increase the heating amount of the heater when the heat transfer amount between the cold in the storage chamber and the water in the ice-making cell is increased, and decreases the heating amount of the heater when the heat transfer amount between the cold in the storage chamber and the water in the ice-making cell is reduced.
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公开(公告)号:US11906230B2
公开(公告)日:2024-02-20
申请号:US17282565
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
CPC classification number: F25C1/25 , F25C1/18 , F25C1/243 , F25C2400/06 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2600/04
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first tray assembly defining a portion of an ice making cell, a second tray assembly defining another portion of the ice making cell, a heater disposed adjacent to at least one of the first and second tray assemblies, and a controller configured to control the heater. The refrigerator further includes a pusher having a first edge pressing the ice or at least one of the first and second tray assemblies to separate the ice from the tray assemblies, a bar extending from the first edge, and a second edge disposed at the end of the bar. The second tray assembly includes a first coupling part connected to the pusher and a second coupling part connected to the driver. The controller moves at least one of the pusher and the second tray assembly to change a relative position between the pusher and the second tray assembly.
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