公开(公告)号：US10683989B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-16

申请号：US16585861

申请日：2019-09-27

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Changbong Choi ,  Hyesun Jung

IPC: F21V7/06 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F21V15/01 ,  F21V7/00 ,  F21V7/28 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F21W131/305 ,  F21Y103/10 ,  F21Y115/10

Abstract: A refrigerator apparatus includes a case opening passing through an inner case; and an lighting device in the opening, wherein the device includes: a lamp case having a cavity defined therein; a light-emitting unit accommodated in the cavity, wherein the light-emitting unit is disposed more outwardly than the case opening, wherein the light-emitting unit irradiates light toward an inner surface of the cavity; a cover coupled with the lamp case to cover the case opening, wherein light from the light-emitting unit is reflected from the cavity through the cover toward the refrigerator interior space; and a reflection portion formed on the cover, wherein the reflection portion is configured to allow light from the light-emission unit directed toward the case opening to be redirected toward the inner surface of the cavity.

公开(公告)号：US12019263B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-25

申请号：US17988384

申请日：2022-11-16

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Doyoun Han ,  Hyesun Jung ,  Jaesung Park

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D27/00

CPC classification number: G02B6/0036 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D27/005 ,  G02B6/0073

Abstract: A home appliance includes a cabinet having a storage space formed therein; a door configured to open and close an open front of the cabinet; a panel assembly mounted on a front surface of the door; and a controller, wherein the panel assembly includes: a front plate forming a front exterior of the door and transmitting light; and a lighting device emitting light of a set color, wherein the front plate includes: a base layer; and a colored layer formed on one surface of the base layer and has a first color, wherein the front surface of the door has the first color when the lighting device is turned off, and wherein the front surface of the door shines in a color selected by a user when the lighting device is turned on.

公开(公告)号：US12287509B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US18710961

申请日：2022-11-16

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jaesung Park ,  Hyesun Jung ,  Doyoun Han

IPC: F21V8/00 ,  F25D27/00

Abstract: The preset invention relates to a home appliance comprising: a cabinet having a storage space formed therein; a door for opening or closing an opened front surface of the cabinet; and a panel assembly mounted on a front surface of the door, wherein the panel assembly comprises: a front plate which forms the outer appearance of the door front surface and through which light passes; a light guide plate provided behind the front plate to guide light toward the front plate; and a lighting device including a plurality of light sources for emitting light having a configured color toward the light guide plate and a substrate on which the plurality of light sources are arranged, and the front plate is formed at one end adjacent to the lighting device and includes an inclination portion having an inclination surface formed to extend in a direction parallel to a direction in which the light sources are arranged.

公开(公告)号：US11378331B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-05

申请号：US16212022

申请日：2018-12-06

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Youngwoo Kim ,  Chijung Kim ,  Pojin Kim ,  Hyesun Jung

IPC: F25D29/00 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F21V11/00 ,  F21Y115/10

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an out plate that defines a front surface of the door, a display part at the out plate that defines plate holes configured to display operation information of the refrigerator by transmission of light through the out plate, light emitting members in the door at positions corresponding to the plate holes, hole filling members that fill the plate holes, and a first layer located at a surface of the hole filling members. The first layer includes a light blocking part, and light transmission parts positioned in an inner region of the plate holes. The display part is configured to transmit light having passed through one or more of the light transmission parts corresponding to one or more of the light emitting members.

公开(公告)号：US12235036B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-25

申请号：US17863821

申请日：2022-07-13

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jaesung Park ,  Hyesun Jung ,  Doyoun Han ,  Seongmin Song

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  F25D27/00

Abstract: A home appliance, e.g. a refrigerator, includes a cabinet forming a space and a door for opening and closing the space, the door including a door body with an insulator filled therein, and a panel assembly mounted in front of the door body, wherein the panel assembly includes a lighting device configured to emit light, a panel forming a front surface of the door and configured to transmit light therethrough, a light guide plate disposed behind the panel and configured to guide light emitted from the lighting device to the panel, and a member disposed between the panel and the light guide plate, including the panel and the light guide plate mounted thereon, and configured to transmit light of the light guide plate through an entire part of the panel.

公开(公告)号：US10429032B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US16035174

申请日：2018-07-13

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Changbong Choi ,  Hyesun Jung

IPC: F21V7/06 ,  F21V7/28 ,  F21V15/01 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F25D27/00 ,  F21V7/00 ,  F21W131/305 ,  F21Y103/10 ,  F21Y115/10

Abstract: A refrigerator apparatus includes a case opening passing through an inner case; and an lighting device in the opening, wherein the device includes: a lamp case having a cavity defined therein; a light-emitting unit accommodated in the cavity, wherein the light-emitting unit is disposed more outwardly than the case opening, wherein the light-emitting unit irradiates light toward an inner surface of the cavity; a cover coupled with the lamp case to cover the case opening, wherein light from the light-emitting unit is reflected from the cavity through the cover toward the refrigerator interior space; and a reflection portion formed on the cover, wherein the reflection portion is configured to allow light from the light-emission unit directed toward the case opening to be redirected toward the inner surface of the cavity.

公开(公告)号：US12215917B2

公开(公告)日：2025-02-04

申请号：US17863717

申请日：2022-07-13

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Doyoun Han ,  Hyesun Jung ,  Jaesung Park

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  F25D23/06

Abstract: A home appliance includes a cabinet defining a storage region and a door to open and close the storage region. The door includes a door body and a panel assembly mounted on the door body. The panel assembly includes a panel through which light is transmissible, a light guide plate spaced apart from the panel and having a pattern so that the light is irradiated onto the panel, and a light source installed to be spaced apart from a light entrance surface of the light guide plate.

公开(公告)号：US11623437B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-11

申请号：US17040741

申请日：2019-03-08

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Doyoun Han ,  Youngwoo Kim ,  Hyesun Jung

IPC: B32B37/24 ,  B32B7/12 ,  B32B15/08 ,  B32B15/18 ,  B32B37/12 ,  B32B38/00 ,  B32B38/16

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an exterior panel for a home appliance and a method of manufacturing the same.
The exterior panel for a home appliance according to one aspect includes: a base layer made of a metal material, a deposition layer formed at a center except for an edge of an upper layer of the base layer and made of a metal material, and a coating layer formed on the deposition layer and an upper surface of the edge of the base layer, on which the deposition layer is not formed.

公开(公告)号：US11383492B2

公开(公告)日：2022-07-12

申请号：US16106620

申请日：2018-08-21

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Youngwoo Kim ,  Suhyun Lee ,  Hyesun Jung

IPC: B32B15/09 ,  B32B7/12 ,  F25D23/06 ,  B32B15/18 ,  B32B15/00

Abstract: Provided is an outer plate of a refrigerator. The outer plate of the refrigerator include a steel plate made of a metal material and having an outer surface on which a hairline is processed, a film layer made of a resin material and attached to a surface of the steel plate on which the hairline is provided, and a primer layer allowing the film layer to adhere to the steel plate. The primer layer includes an adhesion promoter for the adhesion between the steel plate and the film layer and a nano pigment for realizing a color while maintaining transparency of the primer layer, and when viewed from the outside of the refrigerator, the hairline that is visible through the primer layer and the film layer is visible together with the color of the primer layer.