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公开(公告)号:US12072135B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-27
申请号:US18119431
申请日:2023-03-09
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Seungjin Choi , Seunggeun Lee
CPC classification number: F25C1/24 , F25C1/04 , F25C1/25 , F25C5/08 , F25C5/22 , F25D11/02 , F25C2700/12 , F25D2700/122
Abstract: An ice maker for a refrigerator includes: an upper assembly including an upper tray forming an upper chamber, which is a portion an ice chamber, and having an upper opening, and a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the ice chamber in contact with the upper tray; and a lower assembly being rotatable with respect to the upper assembly and having a lower tray forming a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, in which a contact portion between the temperature sensor and the upper tray is positioned closer to a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray than the upper opening.
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公开(公告)号:US12061033B2
公开(公告)日:2024-08-13
申请号:US17738269
申请日:2022-05-06
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Seunggeun Lee , Seungjin Choi
CPC classification number: F25C1/25 , F25C1/24 , F25C2400/10
Abstract: An ice maker includes: an upper assembly comprising a plurality of upper chambers recessed upward to define an upper portion of an ice chamber in which water is filled and ice is made, and having an intake opening by being open on a top, and a vertical extension part formed to protrude upward around the intake opening; a lower assembly comprising a plurality of lower chambers recessed downward to define a lower portion of the ice chamber, and rotatably connected to the upper assembly; and a water supply part that is recessed downward from an upper side of the water supply part and configured to receive therein water for making ice, the water supply part being removably coupled to the vertical extension part and configured to guide the received water into the intake opening.
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公开(公告)号:US11788782B2
公开(公告)日:2023-10-17
申请号:US17738310
申请日:2022-05-06
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Sangjun Kang , Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong
CPC classification number: F25C1/10 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/25 , F25C5/22 , F25C2305/022 , F25C2305/0221 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2700/00
Abstract: In a refrigerator, a cam of a cam gear rotating by a driving motor is provided with a structure protruding from an edge portion of a cam gear to a center, thereby increasing the thickness of a cam surface. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the magnitude of force directly transferred from the cam gear to a magnet lever.
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公开(公告)号:US11480375B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-25
申请号:US16685793
申请日:2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
Abstract: Provided is an ice maker including an upper tray and a lower tray made of an elastic material, wherein a plurality of upper chambers defined in the upper tray and a plurality of lower chambers defined in the lower tray are in contact with each other to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers, respectively, each ejector-receiving opening opened to each of the plurality of upper chambers, each opening-defining wall extending upward along a circumference of each ejector-receiving opening, an upper ejector configured to pass through the ejector-defining wall and vertically move to remove each ice from each ice chamber, and a driver for pivoting the lower tray to open and close the upper tray and the lower tray, wherein the upper tray includes a horizontal extension forming a top face of the upper tray, wherein the upper chamber is positioned below the horizontal extension such that the opening-defining wall is formed at a vertical level equal to or lower than a vertical level of the opening-defining wall.
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公开(公告)号:US11421926B2
公开(公告)日:2022-08-23
申请号:US16686036
申请日:2019-11-15
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:US11204194B2
公开(公告)日:2021-12-21
申请号:US16685644
申请日:2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a freezing compartment, an ice-maker disposed in the freezing compartment to make spherical ice, an ice bin disposed below the ice-maker for storing ice removed from the ice-maker, and an ice tray disposed inside the ice bin. At least a portion of a bottom face of the ice tray is spaced apart from a bottom face of the ice bin, and a plurality of tray holes are defined to pass through the bottom face of the ice tray.
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公开(公告)号:US12235033B2
公开(公告)日:2025-02-25
申请号:US16793817
申请日:2020-02-18
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Yonghyun Kim , Hyunji Park , Jinil Hong , Seunggeun Lee
IPC: F25C1/246
Abstract: An ice maker includes first and second trays configured to form a plurality of ice chambers configured to make ice, an upper case including a cool air hole through which cool air passes, and a tray opening configured to allow the first tray to contact the cool air passing through the cool air hole, a driver configured to move the second tray, and a connector configured to transfer power of the driver to the second tray, wherein the upper case further includes the cool air guide configured to guide the cool air passing through the cool air hole toward the tray opening.
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公开(公告)号:US12111088B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-08
申请号:US18095826
申请日:2023-01-11
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor: Jinil Hong , Yonghyun Kim
CPC classification number: F25C1/10 , F25C1/243 , F25C1/25 , F25C2305/0221 , F25C2400/06 , F25C2400/14
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:US12025359B2
公开(公告)日:2024-07-02
申请号:US17858356
申请日:2022-07-06
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Seungjin Choi , Seunggeun Lee
CPC classification number: F25C1/24 , F25C1/04 , F25C1/25 , F25C5/08 , F25C5/22 , F25D11/02 , F25C2700/12 , F25D2700/122
Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ice maker and a refrigerator having the ice maker. An ice maker according to the present disclosure includes: an upper assembly including an upper tray forming an upper chamber, which is a portion an ice chamber, and having an upper opening, and a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the ice chamber in contact with the upper tray; and a lower assembly being rotatable with respect to the upper assembly and having a lower tray forming a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, in which a contact portion between the temperature sensor and the upper tray is positioned closer to a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray than the upper opening.
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公开(公告)号:US11859890B2
公开(公告)日:2024-01-02
申请号:US17725884
申请日:2022-04-21
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor: Jinil Hong , Nayoung Kim , Ayoung Choo
CPC classification number: F25C5/22 , F25D17/065 , F25D17/08 , F25C2400/10 , F25D2317/061 , F25D2317/062
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space, a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space, and an ice maker assembly provided in the storage space. The ice maker assembly includes an ice maker provided forward of a cold air discharge port that is provided at a rear portion of the storage space, where the cold air discharge port is configured to deliver cold air, a front cover that covers a front side of the ice maker and that is configured to be exposed to an outside of the cabinet based on the door being opened, and a heat insulating material provided at a rear surface of the front cover and configured to at least partially block the cold air passing through the ice maker from being delivered past a front surface of the front cover.
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