US 12,135,449 B2
Lighting module and refrigerator having dispenser
Sunghun Lee, Seoul (KR); Hoon Kim, Seoul (KR); Minki Kim, Seoul (KR); and Jihoon Park, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/588,646.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0019135 (KR), filed on Feb. 10, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0019151 (KR), filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0397718 A1, Dec. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. F21V 8/00 (2006.01); F25C 5/20 (2018.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01)
CPC G02B 6/0058 (2013.01) [F25C 5/22 (2018.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); F25D 27/00 (2013.01); G02B 6/0073 (2013.01); F25D 2327/001 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lighting assembly comprising:
an upper body that defines a top surface thereof;
a lower body coupled to a lower portion of the upper body and defining a bottom surface thereof;
a light diffusion member coupled to the upper body and the lower body, the light diffusion member including a first surface facing the upper body, a second surface facing the lower body, and a third surface that has a curved surface and is exposed to an outside of the light diffusion member;
a light guide made of a light transmissive material, the light guide being in contact with the light diffusion member; and
a light-emitting diode (LED) disposed to face a surface of the light guide,
wherein the light guide comprises:
a round portion disposed along a circumference of a dispensing portion body through which a nozzle that is configured to discharge purified water passes, and
an extension portion extending from a rear end of the round portion to the LED.