# US 2024/0200855 A1 · Refrigerator > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0200855 A1 - Document ID: US20240200855A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/542,027 - Filed: 2023-12-15 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-16 - Assignees: LG Electronics Inc. - Applicants: LG Electronics Inc. - Inventors: Daekil KANG; Jinho CHANG; Jaehoon SHIN; Wookyung BAIK; Changho SEO; Heejun LEE - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240200855A1 ## CPC - F25D 23/028: {Details} - F25D 23/04: with special compartments, e.g. butter conditioners - F25C 5/22: {particularly adapted for household refrigerators} - F25D 17/065: {with compartments at different temperatures} - F25D 23/02: Doors; Covers (F25D23/08 takes precedence {locks or fastenings E05B65/0042}) - F25D 23/025: {Secondary closures} - F25D 2323/021: French doors - F25D: REFRIGERATORS; COLD ROOMS; ICE-BOXES; COOLING OR FREEZING APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR (refrigerated showcases A47F3/04; thermally-insulated vessels for domestic use A47J41/00; refrigerated vehicles, see the appropriate subclasses of classes B60 - B64; containers with thermal insulation in general B65D81/38; heat-transfer, heat-exchange or heat-storage materials, e.g. refrigerants, or materials for the production of heat or cold by chemical reactions other than by combustion C09K5/00; thermally-insulated vessels for liquefied or solidified gases F17C; air-conditioning or air-humidification F24F; refrigeration machines, plants, or systems F25B; cooling of instruments or comparable apparatus without refrigeration G12B) - F25C: PRODUCING, WORKING OR HANDLING ICE ## Abstract A refrigerator includes a cabinet in which a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, each of which has an opened front surface, are defined, and a door configured to open and close the refrigerating compartment. The refrigerating compartment door includes a first door rotatably mounted on the cabinet, and a second door provided in front of the first door and configured to rotate in the same direction as the first door so as to open and close at least a portion of a front surface of the first door. The first door includes an ice-making chamber which is defined in the first door and in which an ice maker is accommodated, and a door storage portion provided in front of the ice-making chamber and opened and closed by the second door to store food. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A refrigerator comprising: a cabinet that has a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, each of the refrigerating compartment and the freezing compartment having a front opening; and a refrigerating compartment door configured to open and close at least a portion of the refrigerating compartment, wherein the refrigerating compartment door comprises: a first door rotatably disposed at the cabinet, and a second door disposed at a front side of the first door and configured to rotate relative to the first door to thereby open and close at least a portion of the front side of the first door, wherein the first door comprises: an ice-making chamber, an ice maker accommodated in the ice-making chamber, and a door storage disposed forward relative to the ice-making chamber and configured to store food, and wherein the second door is configured to open and close the door storage of the first door. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the ice-making chamber is recessed from a rear surface of the first door and defines a rear opening at the rear surface, wherein the door storage is recessed from a front surface of the first door, and wherein the first door further comprises an ice-making chamber door configured to open and close the rear opening of the ice-making chamber. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein a rear surface of the second door is recessed and defines at least a portion of the door storage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the door storage is disposed between the first door and the second door in a state in which the second door is closed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a dispenser disposed at a front surface of the first door and configured to communicate with the ice-making chamber, the dispenser being disposed below the door storage and configured to dispense ice from the ice-making chamber. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the second door is configured to close the door storage and the dispenser simultaneously. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The refrigerator according to claim 6, wherein the second door comprises a panel assembly that overlaps with at least an area of each of the door storage and the dispenser, the panel assembly being configured to allow a rear side of the second door to be visible from an outside of the cabinet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The refrigerator according to claim 7, further comprising a display disposed between the door storage and the dispenser, and wherein the panel assembly is configured to allow the display to be visible therethrough from the outside of the cabinet. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The refrigerator according to claim 7, further comprising a door light disposed at the first door or the second door, the door light being configured to be turned on and off by manipulation of a user and to selectively illuminate the door storage. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, further comprising a cold air duct that passes through the first door, the cold air duct defining a passage that bypasses the ice-making chamber and is configured to guide cold air from the refrigerating compartment to the door storage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein the first door further comprises a storage fan configured to cause the cold air to flow through the cold air duct. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The refrigerator according to claim 10, wherein the cold air duct comprises: a supply duct that passes through the first door and is configured to supply the cold air from the refrigerating compartment to the door storage; and a discharge duct that is disposed below the supply duct and passes through the first door, the discharge duct being configured to discharge air from the door storage to the refrigerating compartment. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the first door further comprises: a supply duct configured to communicate the refrigerating compartment with the door storage, the supply duct being configured to introduce cold air from the refrigerating compartment into the door storage; and a through-portion that passes through a lower portion of the first door disposed below the dispenser, the through-portion being configured to discharge air from the door storage to the refrigerating compartment. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The refrigerator according to claim 13, wherein the first door further comprises: an ice outlet defined at a top surface of the through-portion and configured to discharge ice from the ice-making chamber; and a manipulation member disposed at the top surface of the through-portion and configured to be manipulated for dispensing the ice through the ice outlet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The refrigerator according to claim 13, wherein the first door further comprises a second door storage defined at the through-portion and configured to store food. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The refrigerator according to claim 15, wherein the second door is configured to open and close the through-portion, and wherein the second door comprises a panel assembly that is configured to allow the door storage and the second door storage to be visible from an outside of the cabinet. ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the first door further comprises: a supply duct that passes through the first door from an upper side of the ice-making chamber and fluidly communicates an upper portion of the door storage with the refrigerating compartment, the supply duct being configured to supply cold air from the refrigerating compartment to the door storage; and a discharge duct that passes through the first door from a lower side of the ice-making chamber and fluidly communicates a lower portion of the door storage with the refrigerating compartment, the discharge duct being configured to discharge air from the door storage to the refrigerating compartment. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The refrigerator according to claim 17, wherein the discharge duct extends through a portion of the first door between the lower side of the ice-making chamber and an upper side of the dispenser. ### Claim 19 (depends on 5) The refrigerator according to claim 5, wherein the dispenser is disposed below the door storage, and wherein the second door is configured to open and close the door storage that is disposed above the dispenser. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The refrigerator according to claim 19, wherein the first door further comprises a protrusion that is disposed at a lower portion of the first door and protrudes forward relative to the door storage, and wherein the dispenser is disposed at the protrusion. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The refrigerator according to claim 1, wherein the second door comprises: a door panel that defines a front surface of the refrigerating compartment door; and an insulation material that is provided inside the door panel and extends from an upper end of the door panel and a lower end of the door panel.