公开(公告)号：US20220120493A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-21

申请号：US17423790

申请日：2019-10-21

Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Inventor： Sang Ky JE ,  Jang Yong CHA ,  Gwang Chel JEONG

IPC: F25D23/06 ,  F16B5/06 ,  F25D31/00 ,  H05B3/06

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body and a storage compartment provided inside the main body. A heater assembly partitions the storage compartment into a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment. The heater assembly includes a first case provided to define a surface of the first storage compartment, a second case coupled to the first case to form an accommodation space with the first case and provided to define a surface of the second storage compartment, a fixing unit formed on at least one of an inner surface of the first case and an inner surface of the second case, and a surface heater fixed to at least one of the inner surface of the first case and the inner surface of the second case by being coupled to the fixing unit. The surface heater includes a film and a heating wire printed on the film.