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公开(公告)号：US09217595B2
公开(公告)日：2015-12-22
申请号：US13733771
申请日：2013-01-03
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Ilwook Joung , Sungkyoung Kim
CPC classification number: F25C1/00 , F25C5/182 , F25C2400/10 , F25D17/062 , F25D2317/061 , F25D2317/062 , F25D2317/063
Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator has a refrigerator body including a storage chamber to store foods, a door configured to open or close the storage chamber, an ice maker mounted on the door and an ice maker cover to at least partially cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a cool air inlet port for introducing cool air at an upper portion thereof. The ice maker includes a first guide coupled to a lower portion of the ice maker to guide cool air to pass through the lower portion of the ice maker and a second guide provided at an upper side of the ice maker to guide cool air introduced through the cool air inlet port to be branched off and flowed into the upper and lower portions of the ice maker.
Abstract translation: 提供冰箱。 冰箱具有：冰箱主体，其具有储存食物的储藏室，构造成打开或关闭储藏室的门;安装在门上的制冰机和制冰盖，至少部分地覆盖制冰机，制冰盖 包括用于在其上部引入冷空气的冷空气入口。 制冰机包括联接到制冰机的下部以引导冷空气通过制冰机的下部的第一引导件和设置在制冰机的上侧的第二引导件，以引导通过所述制冰机引入的冷空气 冷空气入口端口被分支并流入制冰机的上部和下部。
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公开(公告)号：US20130167576A1
公开(公告)日：2013-07-04
申请号：US13733771
申请日：2013-01-03
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Ilwook Joung , Sungkyoung Kim
CPC classification number: F25C1/00 , F25C5/182 , F25C2400/10 , F25D17/062 , F25D2317/061 , F25D2317/062 , F25D2317/063
Abstract: A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator has a refrigerator body including a storage chamber to store foods, a door configured to open or close the storage chamber, an ice maker mounted on the door and an ice maker cover to at least partially cover the ice maker, the ice maker cover including a cool air inlet port for introducing cool air at an upper portion thereof. The ice maker includes a first guide coupled to a lower portion of the ice maker to guide cool air to pass through the lower portion of the ice maker and a second guide provided at an upper side of the ice maker to guide cool air introduced through the cool air inlet port to be branched off and flowed into the upper and lower portions of the ice maker.
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公开(公告)号：US12222150B2
公开(公告)日：2025-02-11
申请号：US17871106
申请日：2022-07-22
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet forming a storage space, a door configured to open or close the storage space, and an ice maker provided in the storage space or the door. The ice maker includes an upper tray including an upper chamber forming an upper portion of an ice chamber, a lower tray including a lower chamber forming a lower portion of the ice chamber, and an upper heater disposed along a circumference of the upper chamber so that at least two heating regions are formed at different positions in a vertical direction in the upper chamber.
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公开(公告)号：US12215909B2
公开(公告)日：2025-02-04
申请号：US18095820
申请日：2023-01-11
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jinil Hong , Yonghyun Kim
Abstract: An ice maker of a refrigerator includes a tray assembly having an upper tray that defines upper portions of a plurality of ice making chambers. Each of the plurality of ice making chambers is configured to receive water and generate an ice piece. The tray assembly also includes a lower tray that is located vertically below the upper tray, that is configured to rotate relative to the upper tray, and that defines lower portions of the plurality of ice making chambers, wherein at least one of the upper tray or the lower tray comprises a flexible tray made of a flexible material. Additionally, a case is configured to accommodate the flexible tray to restrict a deformation of the flexible tray. A heater that is located between the case and the flexible tray is configured to supply heat to the plurality of ice making chambers through the flexible tray.
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公开(公告)号：US12173947B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-24
申请号：US16685373
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong
Abstract: An ice maker of this embodiment comprises: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber; a lower tray defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, wherein the lower tray is relatively rotatable relative to the upper tray; and an upper heater disposed around the upper tray, for providing heat to the upper chamber, wherein the upper tray is made of a non-metal material and a flexible material, the upper heater is a DC heater receiving DC power, at least a portion of the upper tray is thicker than the lower tray, an accommodation part for accommodating the upper heater is formed on the upper tray, and at least a portion of the upper heater is disposed to vertically overlap the ice chamber in a state that the upper heater is accommodated in the accommodation part.
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公开(公告)号：US12163715B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-10
申请号：US18224356
申请日：2023-07-20
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park , Seungjin Choi , Seunggeun Lee
Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly provided with an upper tray which has an upper chamber recessed upwardly to define an upper side of an ice chamber in which water is filled to generate ice, a lower assembly provided with a lower tray which has a lower chamber recessed downwardly to define a lower side of the ice chamber, and a lower supporter which supports a lower side of the lower tray, in which the lower assembly is rotatably connected to the upper assembly. The ice maker also includes an upper ejector provided with an upper ejecting pin which separates ice from the upper tray after ice-making is completed, in which the upper ejector is connected to the lower assembly to be interlocked with each other, such that when the lower assembly is rotated, the upper ejector is lifted and lowered.
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公开(公告)号：US12163714B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-10
申请号：US18095814
申请日：2023-01-11
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jinil Hong , Yonghyun Kim
Abstract: An ice maker of a refrigerator includes a tray assembly having an upper tray that defines upper portions of a plurality of ice making chambers. Each of the plurality of ice making chambers is configured to receive water and generate an ice piece. The tray assembly also includes a lower tray that is located vertically below the upper tray, that is configured to rotate relative to the upper tray, and that defines lower portions of the plurality of ice making chambers, wherein at least one of the upper tray or the lower tray comprises a flexible tray made of a flexible material. Additionally, a case is configured to accommodate the flexible tray to restrict a deformation of the flexible tray. A heater that is located between the case and the flexible tray is configured to supply heat to the plurality of ice making chambers through the flexible tray.
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公开(公告)号：US12163713B2
公开(公告)日：2024-12-10
申请号：US17867314
申请日：2022-07-18
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment defined therein, and an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment, wherein the ice maker includes an upper tray made of an elastic material, and having a plurality of hemispherical upper chambers defined therein, a lower tray made of an elastic material, wherein the lower tray comes into contact with the upper tray by pivoting to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers therebetween, a driver for pivoting the lower tray to open and close the upper tray and the lower tray, and each rib formed along a circumference of each upper chamber or each lower chamber in contact with each other.
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公开(公告)号：US12061032B2
公开(公告)日：2024-08-13
申请号：US18094033
申请日：2023-01-06
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Hyunji Park , Jinil Hong , Seunggeun Lee
CPC classification number: F25C1/04 , F25C1/243 , F25D11/02 , F25C2305/022 , F25C2400/06 , F25C2400/10
Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment defined therein and an ice maker disposed in the freezing compartment. The ice maker includes a cold-air hole for receiving cold air, an upper tray made of an elastic material, wherein the upper tray is positioned to be exposed to the cold-air flowing from the cold-air hole, a lower tray made of an elastic material, wherein the lower tray is coupled to the upper tray to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers therebetween, a driver for pivoting the lower tray to open the spherical ice chambers, at least one thermally-insulating portion formed at a top face of the upper tray and corresponding to at least one of the ice chambers respectively, wherein the at least one thermally-insulating portion is constructed to prevent the cold-air from invading the at least one corresponding ice chamber.
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公开(公告)号：US11959685B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-16
申请号：US16511888
申请日：2019-07-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong
CPC classification number: F25C1/04 , F25C5/04 , F25D17/065 , F25C2305/0221
Abstract: An ice maker of a refrigerator includes an upper assembly having an upper tray that defines upper portions of a plurality of spherical ice making chambers. The ice maker also includes a lower assembly located vertically below the upper assembly and configured to rotate relative to the upper assembly about a rotation shaft and having lower tray that defines lower portions of the plurality of spherical ice making chambers. The ice maker also includes a lower ejector unit that is located vertically below the lower tray and that is configured to, based on the lower assembly rotating away from the upper assembly, push the lower tray through the lower support to thereby discharge the ice piece from the ice making chamber. The lower tray includes a deformable portion at each of the plurality of spherical ice making chambers that is configured to be pushed by the lower ejector unit.
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