US 12,449,187 B2
Multi-joint link hinge and refrigerator including the same
Changseok Oh, Seoul (KR); and Chunho Byun, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR); and EPTech Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR); and EPTech Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Jan. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/407,160.
Application 18/407,160 is a continuation of application No. 17/339,553, filed on Jun. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0095446 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0103132 (KR), filed on Aug. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0142161 A1, May 2, 2024
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05D 3/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05D 3/06 (2013.01); E05Y 2600/56 (2013.01); E05Y 2800/41 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space;
a cabinet bracket disposed at the cabinet;
a door disposed at a front side of the cabinet and configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space, the door defining a hinge mounting portion recessed relative to a top surface of the door;
a hinge that connects the door to the cabinet, the hinge comprising:
a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet bracket,
a door bracket disposed on and coupled to a recessed surface of the hinge mounting portion, and
a plurality of links that connect between the hinge bracket and the door bracket;
a mounting bracket that is coupled to the door bracket and defines a first mounting bracket hole, wherein a rotation shaft of the door bracket passes through the first mounting bracket hole; and
a fixing bracket that fixes the mounting bracket to the door,
wherein the cabinet bracket comprises:
a support portion coupled to a top surface of the cabinet, and
a coupling portion that extends upward from the support portion and is coupled to a rear side of the hinge bracket,
wherein the hinge bracket is configured to overlap with the recessed surface of the hinge mounting portion based on the door being closed,
wherein the hinge mounting portion defines a mounting hole,
wherein the fixing bracket defines a fixing bracket hole facing the mounting hole, and
wherein the refrigerator further comprises a coupling member that passes through both of the mounting hole and the fixing bracket hole.