公开(公告)号：US20240255204A1

公开(公告)日：2024-08-01

申请号：US18635151

申请日：2024-04-15

Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.

Inventor： Yonghyun KIM ,  Jinil HONG ,  Hyunji PARK ,  Seunggeun LEE

IPC: F25C1/243 ,  F25C1/04 ,  F25C1/10 ,  F25C5/00 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D17/06

CPC classification number: F25C1/243 ,  F25C1/04 ,  F25C1/10 ,  F25C5/00 ,  F25D11/02 ,  F25D17/062

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment defined therein, and an ice-maker disposed in the freezing compartment, wherein the ice-maker includes a cold-air hole for receiving cold air, an upper tray having a plurality of hemispherical upper chambers defined therein, a lower tray pivotably disposed below the upper tray, wherein the lower tray has a plurality of lower chambers defined therein respectively connected to the upper chambers by pivoting, wherein each of the lower chambers and each of the upper chambers connected with each other define an ice chamber for forming spherical ice therein, a driver for pivoting the lower tray, and at least one shield formed on an outer face of the upper tray and corresponding to at least one of the ice chambers respectively, thereby to reduce the cold-air from invading the at least one corresponding ice chamber.

公开(公告)号：US20220341643A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17858356

申请日：2022-07-06

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Yonghyun KIM ,  Jinil HONG ,  Seungjin CHOI ,  Seunggeun LEE

IPC: F25C1/24 ,  F25C1/25 ,  F25C5/20 ,  F25C1/04 ,  F25C5/08 ,  F25D11/02

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an ice maker and a refrigerator having the ice maker. An ice maker according to the present disclosure includes: an upper assembly including an upper tray forming an upper chamber, which is a portion an ice chamber, and having an upper opening, and a temperature sensor configured to sense temperature of the ice chamber in contact with the upper tray; and a lower assembly being rotatable with respect to the upper assembly and having a lower tray forming a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, in which a contact portion between the temperature sensor and the upper tray is positioned closer to a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray than the upper opening.

公开(公告)号：US20220082316A1

公开(公告)日：2022-03-17

申请号：US17474451

申请日：2021-09-14

Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.

Inventor： Sangjun KANG ,  Seunggeun LEE

IPC: F25C5/187 ,  F25C5/20 ,  F25C5/04

Abstract: An ice making assembly includes: an ice maker configured to make ice, an ice bin that has a portion disposed below the ice maker and that is configured to receive the ice from the ice maker, a detection lever that is disposed below the ice maker and that is configured to rotate to thereby detect a volume of the ice in the ice bin, and a driver configured to rotate the ice maker along a moving path between (i) an ice making position at which ice making is performed and (ii) an ice separating position at which ice separation is performed. The detection lever is configured to detect the volume of the ice in the ice bin being full before and after the ice is separated from the ice maker.