US 12,188,713 B2
Refrigerator
Sang Ky Je, Suwon-si (KR); Jang Yong Cha, Suwon-si (KR); and Gwang Chel Jeong, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/423,790
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/013813
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/149498, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0005698 (KR), filed on Jan. 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0120493 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F16B 5/06 (2006.01); F25D 31/00 (2006.01); H05B 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/067 (2013.01) [F16B 5/0664 (2013.01); F25D 31/005 (2013.01); H05B 3/06 (2013.01); F16B 2005/0678 (2013.01); F25D 2400/02 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01); H05B 2203/017 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body;
a storage compartment disposed inside the main body; and
a heater assembly to partition the storage compartment into a first storage compartment and a second storage compartment adjacent to the first storage compartment, the heater assembly including:
a first case which defines 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 which defines a surface of the second storage compartment;
a coupling protrusion formed on one of the first case and the second case;
a coupling groove formed on another one of the first case and the second case, and coupled to the coupling protrusion;
a surface heater disposed on at least one of an inner surface of the first case and an inner surface of the second case, the surface heater including;
a film and a heating wire printed on the film-; and
an insulating material filled in the accommodation space to allow the surface heater to be in close contact with at least one of the inner surface of the first case and the inner surface of the second case.