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US 12,215,917 B2Granted
Refrigerator and home appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDoyoun Han, Hyesun Jung, Jaesung Park
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Abstract
A home appliance includes a cabinet defining a storage region and a door to open and close the storage region. The door includes a door body and a panel assembly mounted on the door body. The panel assembly includes a panel through which light is transmissible, a light guide plate spaced apart from the panel and having a pattern so that the light is irradiated onto the panel, and a light source installed to be spaced apart from a light entrance surface of the light guide plate.
Claims20
A home appliance comprising:
- a cabinet that defines a storage region;
- and
- a door configured to open and close the storage region,
- wherein the door comprises:
- a door body, and
- a panel assembly mounted on the door body,
- wherein the panel assembly comprises:
- a panel configured to transmit light,
- a light guide plate spaced apart from the panel, the light guide plate having a pattern configured to emit the light to the panel, and
- a light source spaced apart from a light entrance surface of the light guide plate,
- wherein the light guide plate comprises a pattern surface that defines the pattern of the light guide plate, the light guide plate having (i) a first part that defines a first pattern portion of the pattern and (ii) a second part that defines a second pattern portion of the pattern, and
- wherein the first pattern portion is disposed at an edge of the pattern surface of the light guide plate and configured to emit a first amount of light that is greater than a second amount of light emitted from the second pattern portion.
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