公开(公告)号：US11732952B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17508247

申请日：2021-10-22

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Woojin Jeon ,  Myeongseong Park

IPC: F25D23/02

CPC classification number: F25D23/025 ,  F25D2323/021 ,  F25D2323/023

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a main door having an opening, a sub-door rotatably provided in front of the main door to open and close the opening and filled with a heat insulating material, a locking member protruding from the sub-door to the main door and operated to lock the main door, an operation member provided below the locking member and protruding downward from a lower portion of the sub-door to be directly operated by a user, a connection member connecting the locking member and the operation member such that the locking member operates when the operation member operates, and a connection member case provided inside the sub-door and defining a space in which the connection member is operatively accommodated. The connection member case is formed with a reinforcement part extending in an upper-and-lower direction along the connection member case to prevent deformation of the connection member.

公开(公告)号：US12135162B2

公开(公告)日：2024-11-05

申请号：US18224923

申请日：2023-07-21

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Woojin Jeon ,  Myeongseong Park

IPC: F25D23/02

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a main door having an opening, a sub-door rotatably provided in front of the main door to open and close the opening and filled with a heat insulating material, a locking member protruding from the sub-door to the main door and operated to lock the main door, an operation member provided below the locking member and protruding downward from a lower portion of the sub-door to be directly operated by a user, a connection member connecting the locking member and the operation member such that the locking member operates when the operation member operates, and a connection member case provided inside the sub-door and defining a space in which the connection member is operatively accommodated. The connection member case is formed with a reinforcement part extending in an upper-and-lower direction along the connection member case to prevent deformation of the connection member.