Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsDongwoo Park, Juho Lee
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage space, a door that is configured to be drawn in and out of the storage space and includes a door portion defining a front surface and a drawer portion defining an accommodation space, and a wire guide module configured to connect a wire inside the cabinet to a wire inside the door. The wire guide module includes a plurality of connecting members which connect the cabinet to the door and accommodate the wire, and a connecting connection portion connected to one end of one connecting member of the plurality of connecting members and separably coupled to a door connector connected to the wire inside the door.
Claims19
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage space;
- a door configured to be drawn in and out of the cabinet, the door comprising (i) a door portion that defines a front surface of the door and (ii) a drawer portion that is coupled to the door portion and defines an accommodation space;
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- a wire guide module configured to separably connect a wire inside the cabinet to a wire inside the door,
- wherein the wire guide module comprises:
- a plurality of connecting members that accommodate a wired connection between the cabinet and the door,
- a first connector that is mounted to a rear surface of the door portion, the first connector comprising (i) a head body portion that is detachably mounted to the rear surface of the door portion, (ii) a head connection portion that protrudes from the head body portion and that defines an opening therein, and (iii) a door connector that is mounted in the opening of the head connection portion, and
- a second connector that is coupled via the plurality of connecting members to the cabinet and accommodates a main connector connected to the wire in the cabinet, and
- wherein the first connector and the second connector are configured to separably couple to each other to thereby separably connect the main connector and the door connector with each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.