US 11,885,556 B2
Refrigerator
Chanuk Kang, Seoul (KR); and Sanghyun Cheon, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,034.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0046626 (KR), filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0325104 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H05K 5/00 (2006.01); H05K 7/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 23/025 (2013.01); F25D 27/005 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25D 2400/18 (2013.01); F25D 2400/361 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet defining a storage space; and
a door configured to open and close the storage space,
wherein the door comprises:
an outer plate that at least partially defines a front surface of the door and that defines a plate opening,
a door liner that at least partially defines a rear surface of the door and that defines a liner opening,
a panel assembly configured to shield the plate opening and the liner opening, the panel assembly comprising a display configured to (i) permit an inside of the refrigerator to be visible from an outside of the panel assembly, and (ii) output a screen through the display,
an insulator disposed at the door,
a frame positioned at a periphery of the panel assembly, and
a frame cover mounted at the frame,
wherein the frame comprises:
a panel assembly mounting part that mounts the panel assembly thereat,
a barrier that partitions an inside of the door into (i) a printed circuit board (PCB) accommodating space that accommodates a PCB, and (ii) an insulator accommodating space that accommodates the insulator, and
a cable guide part that is connected to the panel assembly mounting part and configured to receive a cable, the cable that connects the panel assembly to the PCB, and
wherein the frame cover connects the cable guide part to the barrier in the insulator accommodating space and guides the cable from the cable guide part into the PCB accommodating space.