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US 10,378,815 B2Granted
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsIkkyu Lee, Dongrim Woo
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Abstract
Provided is a refrigerator in which a transparent display assembly and electric modules, which are disposed in a door to see through a storage space and output a screen, are easily connected to a control unit provided in a cabinet and guided through a narrow door hinge.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet defining a storage space;
- a control unit disposed on an upper portion of the cabinet;
- a door rotatably coupled to the cabinet by a hinge and configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space, the door defining an opening and at least a portion of the opening facing toward the storage space;
- and
- a transparent display assembly covering the opening and being configured to provide at least one of a see-through view of the storage space or an output of an image,
- wherein the transparent display assembly comprises:
- a plurality of electric modules,
- a printed circuit board (PCB) disposed inside the door and electrically connected to a first portion of the plurality of electric modules, and
- a docking PCB disposed adjacent to the PCB, the docking PCB being connected to a second portion of the plurality of electric modules and to the PCB,
- wherein the docking PCB comprises:
- first connectors connected to the PCB through cables, and
- second connectors connected to the control unit through a connection cable that is guided to an outside of the door,
- wherein a number of the second connectors is less than a number of the first connectors,
- wherein the plurality of electric modules and the PCB are connected to the control unit through the docking PCB and the connection cable, and
- wherein the control unit is configured to transmit a control signal to the PCB through the docking PCB to control the plurality of electric modules.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.