US 12,117,237 B2
Refrigerator
Chanuk Kang, Seoul (KR); and Dongrim Woo, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 16, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/511,246.
Application 18/511,246 is a continuation of application No. 17/990,097, filed on Nov. 18, 2022, granted, now 11,859,901.
Application 17/990,097 is a continuation of application No. 17/234,036, filed on Apr. 19, 2021, granted, now 11,604,023, issued on Mar. 14, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0046631 (KR), filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0093933 A1, Mar. 21, 2024
Int. Cl. F25D 29/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 29/005 (2013.01) [F25D 23/025 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 27/005 (2013.01); F25D 2201/14 (2013.01); F25D 2400/18 (2013.01); F25D 2400/361 (2013.01); F25D 2400/40 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising,
a cabinet defining a storage space; and
a door configured to open and close the storage space,
wherein the door comprises:
a panel assembly including:
a front panel including a transparent material and defining a front surface of the door,
a rear panel including a transparent material and being spaced apart from the front panel, and
spacers disposed between the front panel and the rear panel and defining a first space, the first space configured to receive an insulating gas or maintain a vacuum state,
a door liner defining a rear surface of the door and having a door liner opening that coupled to the rear panel,
cap decorations defining upper and lower surfaces of the door and coupled to the door liner,
an insulator disposed within a second space, the second space being defined by the panel assembly, the door liner, and the cap decorations,
a frame disposed within the second space and having a front surface part that contacts a rear surface of the front panel,
a mounting part that is recessed from the front surface part and configured to provide a third space that separated from the second space,
a display mounted at the mounting part and spaced apart from the front panel within the third space, and
a diffusion sheet attached to the rear surface of the front panel and facing the display,
wherein the front panel includes:
a see-through part disposed at a position corresponding to the door liner opening, the see-through part being configured to permit an inside of the refrigerator to be visible through the door liner opening,
a transmission part spaced apart from the see-through part and facing the display, the transmission part being configured to transmit light of the display, the transmission part defining a slit-shaped area, and
an opaque bezel surrounding the see-through part and the transmission part, and
wherein the display includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) arranged along a longitudinal direction of the transmission part.