US 11,859,429 B2
Refrigerator and control method for refrigerator
Jaehoon Shin, Seoul (KR); Myoungju Kang, Seoul (KR); and Dongjeong Kim, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/862,678.
Application 17/862,678 is a continuation of application No. 17/344,643, filed on Jun. 10, 2021, granted, now 11,414,910.
Application 17/344,643 is a continuation of application No. 16/781,825, filed on Feb. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,072,961, issued on Jul. 27, 2021.
Application 16/781,825 is a continuation of application No. 16/354,727, filed on Mar. 15, 2019, granted, now 10,590,690, issued on Mar. 17, 2020.
Application 16/354,727 is a continuation of application No. 15/532,785, granted, now 10,280,673, issued on May 7, 2019, previously published as PCT/KR2016/004424, filed on Apr. 27, 2016.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2015-0082346 (KR), filed on Jun. 11, 2015; and application No. 10-2016-0001271 (KR), filed on Jan. 5, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0349235 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. E05F 15/619 (2015.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05F 15/73 (2015.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC E05F 15/619 (2015.01) [E05F 15/73 (2015.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); E05F 2015/765 (2015.01); E05Y 2400/858 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25D 2327/001 (2013.01); F25D 2700/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space; and
a door coupled to the cabinet by an upper hinge and a lower hinge,
wherein the door comprises:
a door plate that defines a front surface and side surfaces of the door, the door plate further defining an installation hole at an outer surface of the door that is exposed to an outside of the door and different from the front surface and the side surfaces,
an upper decoration coupled to the door plate,
a lower decoration coupled to the door plate, the lower decoration defining (i) a hinge insertion space coupled to the lower hinge and (ii) a sensing assembly installation space that is spaced apart from the hinge insertion space,
a door liner coupled to the side surfaces of the door,
an insulation provided in a space that is defined by the door plate, the door liner, the upper decoration, and the lower decoration, and
a sensing assembly disposed in the sensing assembly installation space through the installation hole of the door plate, wherein a portion of the sensing assembly is exposed to the outside of the door.