US 12,276,453 B2
Refrigerator
Sangho Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Changhyun Park, Suwon-si (KR); Suho Jo, Suwon-si (KR); Byoungmok Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Jonghyun Son, Suwon-si (KR); Bongkeun Lim, Suwon-si (KR); and Jaeyeon Hwang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,883.
Application 18/310,883 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2021/017462, filed on Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0006840 (KR), filed on Jan. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0272968 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/08 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body in which a storage chamber having an open front surface is provided;
a door rotatably coupled to the main body to open or close the storage chamber; and
a microphone device disposed on an upper end of the door and configured to receive a voice command,
wherein the microphone device includes:
a microphone supported by a substrate and configured to receive voice data,
a cover protruding upward from the upper end of the door and including a voice input hole passing through a front surface and a rear surface of the cover and a microphone hole vertically extending downward from the voice input hole so that the voice input hole and the microphone are connected, and
a sealing member disposed between the substrate and the cover so that the substrate is in close contact with the cover, the sealing member being disposed on an opposite side of the substrate from the microphone, and
wherein the door includes:
a cap door to which the cover is coupled; and
a cap door cover coupled to an upper portion of the cap door and provided with a cover through hole through which an upper portion of the cover passes so that the voice input hole formed in the cover is exposed to an outside.