公开(公告)号：US20190178568A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16271476

申请日：2019-02-08

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jahun KOO

IPC: F25D27/00 ,  A47F3/04 ,  F25D29/00 ,  F25D23/02

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space, a door connected to the cabinet and configured to open and close the storage space, the door defining an opening that is in communication with the storage space, a detection device provided in the door and configured to detect a user's operation, a lighting unit configured to, based on the door being closed, turn on and off according to a signal from the detection device and to illuminate an inside of the refrigerator, and a panel assembly provided to the door and covering the opening, the panel assembly being configured to allow selective viewing of the inside of the refrigerator through the panel assembly. The panel assembly is configured to, based on the lighting unit being turned on, transmit light from the inside of the refrigerator to thereby allow viewing of the inside of the refrigerator through the panel assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20170191744A1

公开(公告)日：2017-07-06

申请号：US15399097

申请日：2017-01-05

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Jahun KOO

IPC: F25D27/00 ,  F25D11/02 ,  A47F3/04 ,  F25D23/02

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space, a door connected to the cabinet and configured to open and close the storage space, the door defining an opening that is in communication with the storage space, a detection device provided in the door and configured to detect a user's operation, a lighting unit configured to, based on the door being closed, turn on and off according to a signal from the detection device and to illuminate an inside of the refrigerator, and a panel assembly provided to the door and covering the opening, the panel assembly being configured to allow selective viewing of the inside of the refrigerator through the panel assembly. The panel assembly is configured to, based on the lighting unit being turned on, transmit light from the inside of the refrigerator to thereby allow viewing of the inside of the refrigerator through the panel assembly.

公开(公告)号：US20170089633A1

公开(公告)日：2017-03-30

申请号：US15274731

申请日：2016-09-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sunggab KIM ,  Byungchun MOON ,  Pojin KIM ,  Jahun KOO ,  Youngwoo KIM ,  Kuhyeong LEE

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  D06F39/00 ,  A47L15/42 ,  G06F3/041

CPC classification number: F25D23/028 ,  A47L15/4293 ,  D06F39/005 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D29/005 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2400/361 ,  F25D2400/40 ,  G06F3/0412 ,  G06F2203/04103

Abstract: An exterior member for a home appliance includes a front panel that defines an exterior of the home appliance, that is configured to cover a display assembly that includes a plurality of LEDs, and that includes a displaying part that defines a plurality of first through-holes at positions corresponding to the plurality of LEDs, the displaying part being configured to display operating information of the home appliance by transmitting light from the plurality of LEDs through at least a portion of the plurality of first through-holes. The exterior member further includes a front surface coating layer that is located on a front surface of the front panel and that is configured to shield the plurality of first through-holes. The exterior member further includes a hole-filling member that is configured to fill the plurality of first through-holes by coating a rear surface of the displaying part with a material.