US 12,264,862 B2
Refrigerator
Donghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Wookyong Lee, Seoul (KR); Sunggyun Son, Seoul (KR); Donghoon Lee, Seoul (KR); Seungseob Yeom, Seoul (KR); Yongjun Bae, Seoul (KR); and Chongyoung Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 5, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/432,820.
Application 18/432,820 is a continuation of application No. 17/281,786, granted, now 11,971,204, previously published as PCT/KR2019/012861, filed on Oct. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0117785 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0117819 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0117821 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0117822 (KR), filed on Oct. 2, 2018; application No. 10-2018-0142117 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2018; application No. 10-2019-0081741 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0081749 (KR), filed on Jul. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0175620 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC F25C 1/24 (2013.01) [F25C 5/08 (2013.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2400/14 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
an ice maker comprising:
a first tray assembly having a portion of a cell;
a second tray assembly having another portion of the cell, the portion and the another portion of the cell being configured to define a space of the cell to receive a liquid to be phase-changed to form ice;
a liquid supply configured to supply the liquid to the cell; and
a bracket having a wall defining at least one portion of a space that accommodates the first tray assembly and the second tray assembly,
wherein the second tray assembly is connected to a driver to contact the first tray assembly during an ice making process and to be spaced apart from the first tray assembly during an ice separation process,
wherein the first tray assembly includes:
a first tray to define the portion of the cell, the first tray including a wall defining the portion of the cell and a deformation resistance reinforcement wall extending from the wall of the first tray; and
a first tray case being a separate component from the first tray and configured to surround the first tray,
wherein the first tray case includes a portion contacting the deformation resistance reinforcement wall of the first tray, and
wherein the first tray case is a separate component from the bracket, and is coupled to the bracket.