US 12,460,859 B2
Refrigerator
Youngmin You, Suwon-si (KR); Jinyoung Song, Suwon-si (KR); Ilsung Bae, Suwon-si (KR); and Byungkwan Yang, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/515,910.
Application 18/515,910 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/011437, filed on Aug. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0113520 (KR), filed on Aug. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0085098 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
Int. Cl. F25D 27/00 (2006.01); F25D 17/06 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 27/00 (2013.01) [F25D 17/062 (2013.01); F25D 2317/0665 (2013.01); F25D 2327/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
an outer case;
an inner case disposed inside the outer case to form a storage compartment;
an upper duct including an upper outlet disposed on an upper portion of the storage compartment to discharge cold air downward toward the storage compartment, and disposed in the inner case to form an upper flow path to supply the cold air to the upper outlet;
a rear duct including a rear flow path configured to guide the cold air to the upper flow path, and a rear outlet configured to discharge cold air from the rear flow path into the storage compartment to cool the storage compartment;
a light emitting diode (LED) module coupled to the upper duct to emit light toward the storage compartment and including a plurality of LEDs arranged in a lateral direction; and
a reflective cover disposed on a rear side of the storage compartment so as to be coupled to the rear duct and configured to reflect light from the LED module toward the storage compartment,
wherein light emitted from the LED module toward the reflective cover is reflected by the reflective cover toward the storage compartment.