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US 2024/0352778 A1Published application
Refrigerator
AssigneeLG Electronics Inc.
InventorHohyeang YUN
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Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet forming a storage space; a door configured to open and close the cabinet; a hinge configured to connect the door and the cabinet and to support the door to be rotatable; and a damping mechanism providing a damping force to the door while the door rotates in a closing direction after opening the door, in which the damping force of the damping mechanism varies during a door closing process.
Claims20
A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage space;
- a door configured to open and close the cabinet;
- a hinge configured to connect the door to the cabinet to rotatably support the door;
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- a damper configured to provide a damping force to the door while the door rotates from an open position to a closed position, the damper configured to vary the damping force while the door rotates from the open position to the closed position.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage space;
- a door configured to open and close the cabinet;
- a hinge configured to connect the door to the cabinet, the hinge having a hinge shaft to rotatably support the door;
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- a damper connected to the hinge shaft of the hinge, the damper configured to generate a first damping force when the door is rotated in a first direction opening the door and a second damping force when the door is rotated in a second direction closing the door.
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A refrigerator comprising:
- a cabinet having a storage space;
- a door configured to open and close the cabinet;
- a hinge configured to connect the door to the cabinet, the hinge having a hinge shaft to rotatably support the door;
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- a damper connected to the hinge shaft of the hinge, the damper including:
- a case configured to accommodate oil therein;
- a movable wall configured to move within the case;
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- a valve located on the movable wall, the valve being configured to adjust oil flow within the case according to a moving direction of the movable wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.