公开(公告)号：US11466498B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US16608105

申请日：2018-04-24

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Heejun Lee ,  Dongjeong Kim

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  E05F15/619 ,  F25D29/00

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet; a door rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge; and a door opening device for opening the door. The door opening device includes a driving motor and a push member configured to move in the forward/backward direction. The push member includes a first end portion positioned close to the front surface of the cabinet and a second end portion positioned on the opposite side of the first end portion. The cabinet includes a cabinet side wall positioned close to the hinge. The door includes a door side wall positioned close to the hinge. When the door is closed, the horizontal distance between the first end portion and the cabinet side wall or the door side wall is smaller than the horizontal distance between the second end portion and the cabinet side wall or the door side wall.

公开(公告)号：US10697685B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-30

申请号：US16598762

申请日：2019-10-10

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Donghoon Lee ,  Donghoon Lee ,  Wookyong Lee ,  Seungyoon Cho ,  Heejun Lee ,  Seungseob Yeom

IPC: F25C1/24 ,  F25C5/182 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25C5/20 ,  F25D23/02

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an ice making room, a cool air supply duct connecting the evaporation chamber to the ice making room, an ice maker, a cool air guide duct that guides cool air from the ice making room toward the ice maker, and an ice bin below the ice maker to store ice. The ice maker includes an ice tray including cool air guide ribs, and an ice separating guide covering a front surface of the ice tray and a portion of a top surface thereof in which the cool air guide ribs extend from one side of the ice tray toward the other side and are spaced apart from a front surface of a tray body toward a rear surface, and bottom parts of the cool air guide ribs are spaced apart from a bottom part of the cool air guide duct.

公开(公告)号：US10473378B2

公开(公告)日：2019-11-12

申请号：US15755882

申请日：2016-08-31

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Donghoon Lee ,  Donghoon Lee ,  Wookyong Lee ,  Seungyoon Cho ,  Heejun Lee ,  Seungseob Yeom

IPC: F25C1/24 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25C5/182 ,  F25C5/20 ,  F25D23/02

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, an ice making room, a cool air supply duct connecting the evaporation chamber to the ice making room, an ice maker, a cool air guide duct that guides cool air from the ice making room toward the ice maker, and an ice bin below the ice maker to store ice. The ice maker includes an ice tray including cool air guide ribs, and an ice separating guide covering a front surface of the ice tray and a portion of a top surface thereof in which the cool air guide ribs extend from one side of the ice tray toward the other side and are spaced apart from a front surface of a tray body toward a rear surface, and bottom parts of the cool air guide ribs are spaced apart from a bottom part of the cool air guide duct.

公开(公告)号：US10458700B2

公开(公告)日：2019-10-29

申请号：US15877735

申请日：2018-01-23

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Heejun Lee ,  Younseok Lee ,  Junsoo Han

IPC: F25D11/00 ,  F25D17/06 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D31/00

Abstract: A cooling apparatus is provided in which items to be cooled may be vertically stacked on each other in a state in which the items to be cooled are laid out or laid on their sides. When the items to be cooled are vertically stacked in the cooling apparatus, a problem in that an upper space of the cooling apparatus is not utilized may be solved to efficiently utilize an inside of a refrigerator or a back surface of a door. Also, a problem in that capacity within the refrigerator is reduced when the items to be cooled are horizontally received may be solved.

公开(公告)号：US11767702B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17939339

申请日：2022-09-07

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Heejun Lee ,  Dongjeong Kim

IPC: E05F15/619 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D29/00

CPC classification number: E05F15/619 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D29/005 ,  E05Y2900/31

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet; a door rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge; and a door opening device for opening the door. The door opening device includes a driving motor and a push member configured to move in the forward/backward direction. The push member includes a first end portion positioned close to the front surface of the cabinet and a second end portion positioned on the opposite side of the first end portion. The cabinet includes a cabinet side wall positioned close to the hinge. The door includes a door side wall positioned close to the hinge. When the door is closed, the horizontal distance between the first end portion and the cabinet side wall or the door side wall is smaller than the horizontal distance between the second end portion and the cabinet side wall or the door side wall.

公开(公告)号：US11255118B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-22

申请号：US16207984

申请日：2018-12-03

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Jihyun Im ,  Dongjeong Kim ,  Heejun Lee

IPC: E05F15/00 ,  E05F15/619 ,  F25D23/02

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet including an outer case forming an external appearance and a storage compartment, a refrigerator door coupled to the cabinet to open or close the storage compartment, an installation bracket coupled to the outer case inside the outer case, a door opening device installed in the installation bracket outside the outer case and including a push member for opening or closing the refrigerator door, and a buffer member disposed a coupling portion between the door opening device and the installation bracket.

公开(公告)号：US11029078B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-08

申请号：US16347377

申请日：2017-11-03

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Heejun Lee ,  Seungyoon Cho ,  Dongjeong Kim ,  Seunguk Ahn

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  E05F15/619 ,  E05F5/12 ,  E05F17/00 ,  F25D29/00

Abstract: The present invention relates to a refrigerator that allows a user to easily open a door thereof. A refrigerator, according to one embodiment of the present invention, may comprise: a cabinet having a storage compartment; left and right doors for opening and closing the storage compartment from the left and right; a door opening module provided to open the left and right doors; and having a single motor provided to rotate forward and backward; and a control unit for controlling forward and backward driving of the single motor, wherein the door opening module comprises: left and right racks provided to be moved by driving of the single motor so as to respectively open the left and right doors; a power transmission device for selectively transmitting a driving force of the single motor to the left and 4right racks; and a single switch provided to be turned on/off in conjunction with the power transmission device, and wherein the control unit detects a current position of the left and right racks through the switching-on/off of the single switch, and controls the forward and backward driving and stopping of the single motor.

公开(公告)号：US09976802B2

公开(公告)日：2018-05-22

申请号：US14895370

申请日：2014-06-03

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Junsoo Han ,  Heejun Lee ,  Younseok Lee

IPC: F25D29/00 ,  F25D31/00 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D25/00

CPC classification number: F25D31/007 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D25/00 ,  F25D29/003 ,  F25D2331/803 ,  F25D2331/805 ,  F25D2400/28

Abstract: A cooling device according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a case; a tray installed inside the case and on which a beverage container is placed; a mixing member configured to perform a seesaw motion about a mixing axis to mix a fluid filled in the beverage container; a driving part connected to the mixing member and configured to provide driving force; and a cool air supply part configured to supply cool air into the case, wherein the mixing member comprises: a supporter configured to protrude from a bottom of the case, the tray being connected to an upper end of the supporter to perform the seesaw motion; a driving link connected to one end of the case; and a mixing motor configured to transmit the driving force to the driving link, wherein the tray comprises: a tray body; a first seating part formed on the tray body so that the beverage container is placed in a lengthwise direction of the tray body; and a second seating part formed on the tray body in a direction that crosses the first seating part.

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.

公开(公告)号：US12152428B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-26

申请号：US18233946

申请日：2023-08-15

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Heejun Lee ,  Dongjeong Kim

IPC: E05F15/619 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D29/00

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a cabinet; a door rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge; and a door opening device for opening the door. The door opening device includes a driving motor and a push member configured to move in the forward/backward direction. The push member includes a first end portion positioned close to the front surface of the cabinet and a second end portion positioned on the opposite side of the first end portion. The cabinet includes a cabinet side wall positioned close to the hinge. The door includes a door side wall positioned close to the hinge. When the door is closed, the horizontal distance between the first end portion and the cabinet side wall or the door side wall is smaller than the horizontal distance between the second end portion and the cabinet side wall or the door side wall.