US 12,066,238 B2
Refrigerator and home appliance
Dongyeong Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Seongwoo Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Byoungjae Cho, Suwon-si (KR); and Taecheol Park, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/718,991.
Application 17/718,991 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/004970, filed on Apr. 6, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0103126 (KR), filed on Aug. 5, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0114079 (KR), filed on Aug. 27, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037812 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/02 (2013.01) [F25D 2201/126 (2013.01); F25D 2400/18 (2013.01); F25D 2500/02 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body having a storage room; and
a door to open and close the storage room, the door including:
a door body including:
a cover forming a front surface of the door body,
an upper door cap with an accommodating space and including:
a panel passing portion at a front portion of the upper door cap, and
a cover passing portion at an upper portion of the upper door cap, and
a lower door cap including:
a lower front end protruding further in a front direction than the cover, and
a lower cap protrusion protruding along an upward direction from the lower front end, and
a door panel detachably mountable on the door body, the door panel including a panel body including:
a panel bending portion protruding backward from the panel body,
an upper fixing portion integrated into the panel body, protruding backward from the panel body, and accommodatable in the accommodating space through the panel passing portion, and
a lower fixing portion integrated into the panel body, protruding backward from the panel body, and detachably couplable with the lower cap protrusion,
a fixing cover accommodatable in the accommodating space through the cover passing portion and couplable to the upper fixing portion to thereby be detachably mounted on the upper door cap,
wherein, when the door panel is mounted on the door body,
the lower fixing portion is coupled with the lower cap protrusion,
the upper fixing portion is accommodated in the accommodating space through the panel passing portion, and
the fixing cover is accommodated in the accommodating space through the cover passing portion and coupled with the upper fixing portion.