US 12,442,585 B2
Refrigerator
Seongmin Song, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/988,381.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0157935 (KR), filed on Nov. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0152030 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [F25D 27/00 (2013.01); F25D 2400/18 (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 body and a panel assembly disposed at a front side of the door body,
wherein the panel assembly comprises:
a lighting device configured to emit light,
a panel that defines a front surface of the door and is configured transmit the light,
a light guide plate disposed rearward relative to the panel and configured to guide the light emitted from the lighting device to the panel, and an upper bracket that is disposed above the panel and defines a top surface of the panel assembly, the upper bracket accommodating an upper end of the light guide plate that extends upward relative to an upper end of the panel.