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公开(公告)号:US20250075959A1
公开(公告)日:2025-03-06
申请号:US18950645
申请日:2024-11-18
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon LEE , Wookyong Lee , Sunggyun Son , Donghoon Lee , Seungseob Yeom , YHongjun Bae , Chongyoung Park
Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present invention may comprise a first tray assembly forming one part of ice-making cells, and a second tray assembly forming the other part of same. Any one tray assembly, from among the first and second tray assemblies, comprises a first part forming at least a part of the ice-making cells, and a second part extending from a set point on the first part so as to reduce water supplied to the ice-making cells from leaking through a space between the first and second tray assemblies.
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公开(公告)号:US12228325B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-18
申请号:US18065967
申请日:2022-12-14
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee
Abstract: A refrigerator includes an ice tray, a motor, an ejector including a rotary shaft and a protrusion pin, and a heater for selectively supplying heat to the ice tray. A control method of the refrigerator includes a first step of sensing whether the ejector is rotated to reach a first setup position; a second step of driving the heater and stopping driving of an ice making compartment fan if the first step is satisfied; a third step of determining whether the ejector is rotated to reach a second setup position; and a fourth step of stopping driving of the heater if the third step is satisfied, and wherein the ejector continues to be rotated while the second to fourth steps are implemented.
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公开(公告)号:US20250044010A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18921828
申请日:2024-10-21
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Wookyong LEE , Donghoon Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Chongyoung Park , Sunggyun Son , Yongjun Bae
IPC: F25C1/18
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage space, a cooler, a first tray constituting a part of a cell which is the space in which water is phase-changed to ice by the cold, a second tray, which constitutes another part of the cell, a water supply valve to adjust the flow of water to be supplied to the icing cell, a water supply amount detection unit or sensor, and a controller configured to control the supply valve.
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公开(公告)号:US20250044009A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-06
申请号:US18920251
申请日:2024-10-18
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Donghoon Lee , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator in which a heater disposed at a side of a first tray or a second tray may be turned on in at least partial section while a cold air supply part supplies cold air to an ice making cell so that bubbles dissolved in water within the ice making cell move from a portion at which ice is made toward liquid water to make transparent ice, and one or more of the cooling power of the cold air supply part and the heating amount of heater may be controlled according to a mass per unit height of the water in the ice making cell so that the transparency is uniform for each unit height of the water in the ice making cell.
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公开(公告)号:US12196474B2
公开(公告)日:2025-01-14
申请号:US18204515
申请日:2023-06-01
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Donghoon Lee , Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungyoon Cho , Heejun Lee , Seungseob Yeom
IPC: F25C1/24 , F25D11/02 , F25D17/04 , F25D17/06 , F25D17/08 , F25D23/02 , F25D23/04 , F25D25/00 , F25D29/00 , E05D11/00
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet including a refrigerating compartment and an evaporation chamber, a first door, a housing in the first door, an ice making room defining a cool air inflow hole and a cool air discharge hole, a chiller room defining a cool air discharge hole, a second door connected to the first door, a partition wall defining the ice making room, the chiller room, and a communication hole, a damper opening and closing the communication hole, a cool air supply duct connecting an outlet of the evaporation chamber and the cool air inflow hole to supply cool air of the evaporation chamber to the ice making room, and a cool air return duct having a first inlet connected to the cool air discharge hole of the ice making chamber and a second inlet connected to the cool air discharge hole of the chiller room.
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公开(公告)号:US20240418426A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-19
申请号:US18794514
申请日:2024-08-05
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Donghoon LEE , Donghoon Lee , Wookyong Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Yongjun Bae , Sunggyun Son , Chongyoung Park
Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present disclosure includes a storage chamber configured to store food, a cooler configured to supply cold to the storage chamber, a first temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature in the storage chamber, a first tray configured to form a portion of an ice making cell that is a space in which water is phase-changed into ice by the cold, a second tray configured to form another portion of the ice making cell, a water supply part configured to supply water to the ice making cell, a second temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of water or ice in the ice making cell, a heater configured to be positioned adjacent to at least one of the first tray and the second tray, and a controller configured to control the heater, in which the controller controls the degree of supercooling of water to be reduced in at least one or more of a first section from the completion of a preparation step for water supply until the start of the water supply, a second section from the start of the water supply until the completion of the water supply, and a third sections from the start of the ice making process before the ice making process is completed.
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公开(公告)号:US12158296B2
公开(公告)日:2024-12-03
申请号:US17282310
申请日:2019-10-01
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Wookyong Lee , Donghoon Lee , Seungseob Yeom , Chongyoung Park , Sunggyun Son , Yongjun Bae
IPC: F25C1/18
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage space, a cooler, a first tray constituting a part of a cell which is the space in which water is phase-changed to ice by the cold, a second tray, which constitutes another part of the cell, a water supply valve to adjust the flow of water to be supplied to the icing cell, a water supply amount detection unit or sensor, and a controller configured to control the supply valve.
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公开(公告)号:US12135158B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-05
申请号:US17282374
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
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a first tray assembly to define one portion of an ice making cell, a second tray assembly to define another portion of the ice making cell, a heater disposed adjacent to at least one of the first or second tray assemblies, and a controller configured to control the heater. The refrigerator further includes a pusher including a first edge having a surface pressing the ice or at least one of the first and second tray assemblies to easily 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; and a pusher link having a connection part connected to the pusher. The controller controls at least one of the pusher or the second tray assembly to move and to change a relative position between the pusher and the second tray assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US12135157B2
公开(公告)日:2024-11-05
申请号:US17282070
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
Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present invention comprises: a storage space in which food is stored; a cooler for supplying cold to the storage space; a first tray assembly constituting a part of an icing cell which is the space in which water is phase-changed to ice by the cold; a second tray assembly constituting another part of the icing cell; a heater located to be adjacent to the first tray assembly and/or the second tray assembly; and a control unit for controlling the heater, wherein the control unit performs controls so that the heater is turned on in at least a partial period while the cooler supplies the cold, and thus air bubbles disintegrating in the water inside the icing cell move to liquid-phase water from a part where ice is generated, thereby enabling transparent ice to be generated, and the degree of cold transfer, which is the amount of cold of the cooler is to be transferred, is different in the first tray assembly and the second tray assembly.
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公开(公告)号:US12117227B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-15
申请号:US17282590
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: F25C5/08 , F25C1/18 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25D29/00 , F25C2400/06 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2700/12 , F25D2700/123
Abstract: A refrigerator according to the present invention includes a storage chamber configured to store food, a cold air supply part configured to supply cold air to the storage chamber, a tray configured to form an ice making cell being a space in which water is phase-changed into ice by the cold air, a temperature sensor configured to sense the temperature of water or ice in the ice making cell, a heater configured to provide heat to the tray, and a controller configured to control the heater, in which the controller controls the heater to be turned on so that ice can be easily separated from the tray when the ice making is completed, and the controller controls the heater to be turned off when a temperature sensed by the temperature sensor reaches a first turn-off reference temperature greater than zero after a first reference time elapses in a state in which the heater is turned on.
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