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US 12,111,098 B2Granted
Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsBongjin Kim, Hyeunsik Nam, Deokhyun Youn, Jaehyun Bae, Jangseok Lee
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Abstract
Provided is a vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a mullion configured to divide a space within the refrigerator into a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, an ice maker placed in the freezing compartment, and an ice-making cool air passage passing through the mullion to connect the freezing compartment to the ice maker. Therefore, cool air may be supplied in an adiabatic state to the ice maker disposed in the refrigerating compartment.
Claims17
A refrigerator comprising:
- a vacuum adiabatic body including:
- a first plate configured to provide at least a portion of a wall defining a space within the refrigerator,
- a second plate configured to provide at least a portion of an outer wall of the vacuum adiabatic body, and
- a vacuum space between the first plate and the second plate;
- a partition configured to divide the space within the refrigerator into a first space and a second space;
- an ice maker positioned away from the first space;
- a side panel provided at a wall of the second space;
- and
- an air passage passing through the partition to fluidly connect the first space and the ice maker, at least a section of the air passage being accommodated in the side panel.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body including a storage space;
- a door configured to open and close the storage space and including a vacuum adiabatic module;
- an ice maker provided in the door;
- and
- an air passage provided in the door and configured to be fluidly connected to the ice maker,
- wherein the vacuum adiabatic module is configured to surround at least a portion of the ice maker and includes a first module section extending in a first direction and a second module section extending in a second direction that is different from the first direction, and
- wherein at least a portion of the air passage is disposed between the second module section and the ice maker.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a main body including a storage space;
- a door configured to open and close the storage space and including an outer case and an inner cover;
- an ice maker provided in the door;
- and
- a vacuum adiabatic module provided in a space defined by the outer case and the inner cover,
- wherein the vacuum adiabatic module includes:
- a first module section extending along a front surface of the door,
- a second module section extending along a side surface of the door, and
- a bent section to connect the first module section and the second module section.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.