公开(公告)号：US10222118B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-05

申请号：US16119107

申请日：2018-08-31

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Sangoh Kim ,  Hangbok Lee ,  Jaeyoul Lee ,  Minsub Kim ,  Jungkyu Son ,  Jaehyun Soh ,  Eugene Suh ,  Nami Kim

IPC: F21V33/00 ,  F25D27/00 ,  G01D5/02 ,  A47F3/04 ,  F25D11/00 ,  F25D23/02 ,  F25D29/00 ,  G01H3/00 ,  G01H1/00

Abstract: A refrigerator equipped with a door that becomes transparent as necessary to make the interior thereof visible is disclosed. The refrigerator includes a cabinet having a storage compartment defined therein, a lighting device for illuminating the interior of the storage compartment, a door, which is hingedly coupled to the cabinet to open and close the storage compartment, and has an opening and a panel assembly including a front panel disposed on the front surface thereof, a sensor for detecting sound waves, which are generated by a knock input applied to the door and are transmitted through the front panel, and a controller for controlling the lighting device to allow light to be transmitted through the panel assembly, thus making the storage compartment visible from outside the door through the opening when a predetermined knock input is detected.

公开(公告)号：US09920557B2

公开(公告)日：2018-03-20

申请号：US14898406

申请日：2014-06-16

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Nami Kim ,  Jaeyoul Lee ,  Sunghun Lee ,  Jindong Kim ,  Jihyun Im ,  Hyunbum Kim

IPC: F25D23/02 ,  E05C19/12 ,  E05B65/00 ,  E05C3/12 ,  E05C7/02 ,  E05C19/02 ,  F25D23/06 ,  F25D23/04

CPC classification number: E05C19/12 ,  E05B65/0042 ,  E05C3/12 ,  E05C7/02 ,  E05C19/02 ,  E05C19/026 ,  F25D23/025 ,  F25D23/028 ,  F25D23/04 ,  F25D23/062 ,  F25D2201/10

Abstract: Disclosed are a fixing device and a refrigerator having the same. The fixing device includes a clasp (400) installed to a first member (12), the clasp having a contact portion (402, 404) defining a plane, and a coupler (500) installed to a second member (100), the coupler serving to fix the second member to the first member to enable selective coupling or release of the second member and the first member. The coupler includes a hook (510) having a protruding tip portion (511) configured to come into contact with the contact portions (402, 404) so as to be caught by the contact portion (404), the hook being rotatable, and an elastic member (52,0) configured to elastically support the hook such that the hook is rotated toward the clasp. A contact position of the protruding tip portion and the contact portion is spaced apart from a rotation center of the hook by a predetermined distance (d).