US 12,241,674 B2
Refrigerator
Jiwook Moon, Seoul (KR); Sangho Jung, Seoul (KR); Daekil Kang, Seoul (KR); and Gyunghyun Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/238,354.
Application 18/238,354 is a continuation of application No. 17/350,440, filed on Jun. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,774,164.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0073939 (KR), filed on Jun. 17, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0111954 (KR), filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0408170 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); A47B 96/20 (2006.01); F25D 23/06 (2006.01); F25D 23/10 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/02 (2013.01) [A47B 96/20 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/063 (2013.01); F25D 23/10 (2013.01); A47B 2096/208 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space; and
a door configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space, the door comprising:
a door liner that defines a rear surface of the door,
a front plate disposed forward relative to the door liner,
an upper cap decor configured to be coupled to the door liner and an upper end of the front plate,
a lower cap decor configured to be coupled to the door liner and a lower end of the front plate,
an insulator provided in a space defined by the door liner, the front plate, the upper cap decor, and the lower cap decor,
a panel that defines an outer appearance of a front surface of the door, the panel being made from a metal material and comprising a lower bent portion at a lower end of the panel that is bent away from the front surface of the door, and
a lower plastic portion provided at the lower end of the panel at a rear surface of the panel, the lower plastic portion including a downward protrusion that is configured to be disposed at the lower bent portion between the rear surface of the panel and a rearmost portion of the lower bent portion,
wherein the lower cap decor includes an upward protrusion that protrudes upward and is configured to be inserted into and restricted by the lower bent portion or the lower plastic portion or both,
wherein the lower bent portion of the panel defines one or more through-holes that are configured to receive the upward protrusion of the lower cap decor to thereby couple the lower end of the panel to the lower cap decor,
wherein the lower plastic portion defines therein one or more insert portions that are configured to overlap with the upward protrusion of the lower cap decor to thereby couple the lower end of the panel to the lower cap decor, the one or more insert portions being recesses that are opened downward, and
wherein a length of the one or more insert portions in a front-to-rear direction is greater than a length of the one or more through-holes in the front-to-rear direction, and the length of the one or more through-holes in the front-to-rear direction is greater than a length of the upward protrusion in the front-to-rear direction.