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US 12,607,361 B2Granted
Appliance
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorsMyeongsu Shin, Wanglim Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an appliance. The appliance includes a hinge configured to rotatably support a door is connected to the door and a main body so that a vibration generated at the door is able to be transmitted to the main body through the hinge, and a sensor installed at the main body detects the vibration transmitted to the main body through the hinge.
Claims16
An appliance comprising:
- a main body defining a first accommodation space with an open front and a second accommodation space;
- a door hingedly connected to the main body and configured to open and close the first accommodation space;
- a first front panel provided between the main body and the door;
- a second front panel provided at a front of the second accommodation space;
- a sensor provided in the second accommodation space and configured to detect vibration;
- and
- a supporter coupled first front panel and to the sensor such that the sensor is spaced apart from the first front panel,
- wherein vibration at the door is transmitted through the first front panel and the supporter to the sensor,
- wherein the supporter includes:
- a supporter main body configured to contact and support the sensor;
- and
- supporter couplers configured to be coupled to the first and second front panels while spacing the supporter main body apart from the first front panel and the second front panel.
9 more elements
An appliance comprising:
- cavity walls defining a first accommodation space with an open front;
- a door provided at the front of the first accommodation space and is configured to rotate about a lower end of the door in a front-rear direction to open or close the first accommodation space;
- a first front panel provided between the cavity walls and the door;
- a second accommodation space formed at one side of the first accommodation space;
- a sensor provided in the second accommodation space and configured to detect vibration;
- a second front panel provided at a front of the second accommodation space;
- and
- a supporter configured to be coupled to the first front panel and to support the sensor,
- wherein:
- vibration at the door is transmitted to the first front panel,
- a first portion of the sensor is provided at a rear-side of the second front panel in the second accommodation space, and
- a second portion of the sensor is connected to and spaced apart from the first front panel so that vibration of the first front panel is transmitted to and detected by the sensor,
- at least a portion of the supporter is positioned to overlap the second front panel in the front-rear direction without overlapping with the first front panel in the front-rear direction, and
- the supporter and the first front panel are coupled only at a portion of the supporter that is provided at a position overlapping with the first front panel in the front-rear direction.
11 more elements
An appliance comprising:
- cavity walls defining a first accommodation space with an open front;
- a door provided at the front of the first accommodation space and is configured to rotate about a lower end of the door in a front-rear direction to open or close the first accommodation space;
- a first front panel provided between the cavity walls and the door;
- a second accommodation space formed at one side of the first accommodation space;
- a sensor provided in the second accommodation space and configured to detect vibration;
- and
- a second front panel provided at a front of the second accommodation space,
- wherein:
- vibration at the door is transmitted to the first front panel,
- a first portion of the sensor is provided at a rear-side of the second front panel in the second accommodation space,
- a second portion of the sensor is connected to and spaced apart from the first front panel so that vibration of the first front panel is transmitted to and detected by the sensor,
- the first front panel includes surface protrusions that extend from side ends of the first front panel,
- the sensor is connected to at least one of the surface protrusions, and
- both side ends of the second front panel are coupled to the surface protrusions of the first front panel, respectively;
- the second front panel is coupled to front surfaces of the surface protrusions of the first front panel;
- and
- the sensor is coupled to back surfaces of the surface protrusions of the first front panel.
14 more elements
An appliance comprising:
- a main body defining a first accommodation space with an open front and a second accommodation space;
- a door hingedly connected to the main body and configured to open and close the first accommodation space;
- a first front panel provided between the main body and the door;
- a second front panel provided at a front of the second accommodation space,
- a sensor provided in the second accommodation space and configured to detect vibration;
- and
- a supporter coupled first front panel and to the sensor such that the sensor is spaced apart from the first front panel,
- wherein
- vibration at the door is transmitted through the first front panel and the supporter to the sensor,
- the first front panel includes surface protrusions that extend from side ends of the first front panel, and
- the supporter is connected to at least one of the surface protrusions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.