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US 12,595,954 B2Granted
Refrigerator door
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsSang Chul Han, Jin Woo Park, Jaeyoon Oh
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Abstract
A refrigerator door includes a color module which displays various colors by using LEDs. Accordingly, when a consumer desires to change the color of the refrigerator door, the color of the refrigerator door can be changed to color desired by the consumer.
Claims19
A refrigerator door comprising:
- a door frame having first and second protruding ends formed on a front surface of the door frame;
- an upper cover frame to cover an upper end of the door frame;
- a lower cover frame to cover a lower end of the door frame;
- a color module mounted between the first protruding end of the door frame and the second protruding end of the door frame, and the color module including a plurality of light emitting devices, and configured to display a color by using the plurality of LEDs,
- a first partition protrusion that protrudes from an inner surface of the first protruding end, and
- a second partitioning protrusion that protrudes from an inner surface of the second protruding end, the first and second partitioning protrusions respectively covering opposite edges of a front surface of the color module.
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A refrigerator door comprising:
- a door frame constituting an outer body of the refrigerator door and having first and second protruding ends that protrude from a front surface of the door frame;
- an inner frame constituting an inner body of the refrigerator door, and the inner frame is spaced apart from a rear surface of the door frame;
- an upper cover frame to cover an upper end of each of the door frame and the inner frame, and a lower cover frame to cover a lower end of each of the door frame and the inner frame;
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- a color module mounted between the first and second protruding ends of the door frame, the color module configured to display a color by using a plurality of LEDs.
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A refrigerator door comprising:
- a door frame having first and second protruding ends formed on a front of the door frame;
- an upper cover frame to cover an upper end of the door frame;
- a lower cover to cover a lower end of the door frame;
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- a color device mounted between the first protruding end of the door frame and the second protruding end of the door frame, and the color device including a light guide plate and a substrate having a plurality of light emitting devices, and configured to display a color by using the plurality of LEDs;
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- a glass provided between the first protruding end and the second protruding end, and the glass disposed on a front of the color module;
- an upper first mounting groove on an inner surface of the upper cover frame, the upper first mounting groove to receive the upper end of the door frame;
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- an upper second mounting groove on the inner surface of the upper cover frame, the upper second mounting groove to receive the upper end of the color module,
- wherein a glass receiving part is formed on the upper cover frame at an area of the inner surface of the upper cover frame that is more forward than the upper second mounting groove, and a glass receiving part is formed on the lower cover frame at an area of the inner surface of the lower cover frame that is more forward than the lower second mounting groove, and
- wherein a tempered glass is received in the glass receiving parts.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.