US 11,867,450 B2
Refrigerator and home appliance
Chomin Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Yang-Yeol Gu, Suwon-si (KR); Dongyeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Byoungmok Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Yonghan Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Taecheol Park, Suwon-si (KR); Yongman Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Jinyoung Song, Suwon-si (KR); Yountae Shin, Suwon-si (KR); and Byungkwan Yang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/953,005.
Application 17/953,005 is a continuation of application No. 16/998,908, filed on Aug. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,480,384.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0101998 (KR), filed on Aug. 20, 2019; and application No. 10-2020-0063401 (KR), filed on May 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0015806 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); A47L 15/4265 (2013.01); F25D 2201/10 (2013.01); F25D 2323/02 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a storage compartment; and
a door configured to open and close a front side of the storage compartment, and including:
a door body including:
a first chassis forming a left side of the door,
a second chassis forming a right side of the door, and
an upper door cap, coupled to an upper portion of the first chassis and an upper portion of the second chassis, and including an opening at a front face of the upper door cap,
a door panel detachably mountable on the door body, and provided with a protrusion on a rear surface of the door panel and that has a fixing hole formed therein, and
a fastening member,
wherein the door body, the door panel, and the fastening member are configured so that, to mount the door panel on the door body,
the protrusion is insertable into the opening so as to be accommodated in the upper door cap, and
with the protrusion inserted into the opening so as to be accommodated in the upper door cap,
at least a portion of the fastening member is passable through the fixing hole to fix the door panel to the door body, and
a first end portion and a second end portion, opposite to the first end portion, of the door panel are contactable with the first chassis and the second chassis so as to be supported by the first chassis and the second chassis, respectively.