US 11,994,322 B2
Refrigerator
Jung Woo Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); Ju Young Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Kook Jeong Seo, Suwon-si (KR); Su-Cheol Yoo, Suwon-si (KR); and Won-Jae Yoon, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Appl. No. 17/416,785
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/017985
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/141764, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0000752 (KR), filed on Jan. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0082311 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. F25B 41/40 (2021.01); F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F25B 39/04 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25B 41/40 (2021.01) [F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F25B 39/04 (2013.01); F25D 11/022 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a storage compartment formed therein; and
a cooling module forming a machine compartment in which a compressor is disposed and detachably mounted to the main body,
wherein the cooling module comprises:
a module body forming the machine compartment;
a condenser of an L shape disposed on one side of the compressor and comprising a first part corresponding to a portion of a rear surface of the machine compartment and a second part corresponding to one side of the machine compartment;
a base plate disposed below the module body and on which the condenser is vertically mounted;
a module cover provided to cover the rear of the machine compartment;
a suction flow path comprising a first suction flow path formed on the module cover to correspond to the first part, and a second suction flow path formed on the main body to correspond to the second part; and
an evaporator to generate cold air to be supplied to the storage compartment and comprising a first evaporator and a second evaporator disposed at a side of the first evaporator;
wherein,
the module body comprises a first evaporator mounting part in which the first evaporator is mounted, and a second evaporator mounting part in which the second evaporator is mounted, and
the second evaporator has a larger capacity than the first evaporator, and the second evaporator mounting part is provided to be longer downward than the first evaporator mounting part.