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公开(公告)号：US11953254B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-09
申请号：US17944633
申请日：2022-09-14
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
CPC classification number: F25C5/187 , F25C1/10 , F25C5/22 , F25C2400/10 , F25C2700/02
Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a freezing compartment defined therein, an ice-maker mounted in the freezing compartment, wherein the ice-maker makes spherical ice and removes the made spherical ice downwards, an ice bin disposed below the ice-maker, and retractable and extendable in a front and rear direction, wherein the removed ice is stored in the ice bin, and a cover plate extending downward from a rear face of the ice-maker, wherein the cover plate shields a space between the ice bin and the ice-maker.
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公开(公告)号：US11874048B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-16
申请号：US16685410
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
CPC classification number: F25C5/08 , F25C1/18 , F25C1/24 , F25C1/243 , F25C5/02 , F25C5/04 , F25C5/22
Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber, a lower tray rotatable relative to the upper tray and defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber, wherein the lower chamber is disposed under the upper chamber, an upper heater disposed around the upper tray, for providing heat to the upper chamber, and a lower heater disposed around the lower tray, for providing heat to the lower chamber, wherein in an ice making position, a distance from a horizontal central line passing a contact surface of the upper tray and the lower tray to the upper heater is shorter than a distance from the horizontal central line to the lower heater.
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公开(公告)号：US11874045B2
公开(公告)日：2024-01-16
申请号：US16511871
申请日：2019-07-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Jinil Hong , Yonghyun Kim
Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly having an upper tray that defines upper portions of a plurality of ice making chambers. The ice maker also includes a lower assembly that is located vertically below the upper assembly and configured rotate relative to the upper assembly. The lower assembly includes a lower tray that defines lower portions of the plurality of ice making chambers, and a lower support that is configured to receive the lower tray and restrict an outward expansion of the lower portions of the plurality of ice making chambers. The lower tray includes a lower tray body configured to hold a first volume of water, and a circumferential wall that extends upward from the lower tray body and is configured to hold a second volume of water above the first volume of water.
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公开(公告)号：US11555641B2
公开(公告)日：2023-01-17
申请号：US16685742
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
Abstract: Provided is an ice-maker including an upper tray made of an elastic material, and having a plurality of upper chambers defined therein, a lower tray made of an elastic material, and having a plurality of lower chambers defined therein in contact with the plurality of upper chambers to define a plurality of spherical ice chambers, respectively, each ejector-receiving opening defined in the upper tray and opened to each of the plurality of upper chambers, an upper ejector disposed above the upper tray, wherein the upper ejector is configured to pass through the ejector-receiving opening and remove each ice from each ice chamber, a water supply for supplying water for ice-making through the ejector-receiving opening, and a driver for pivoting the lower tray, wherein a side wall extending upward along a perimeter of the plurality of lower chambers is formed on top portions of the plurality of lower chambers, wherein a chamber wall extending downward along a perimeter of the plurality of upper chambers is formed on bottom portions of the plurality of upper chambers, wherein the chamber wall is inserted into an internal space of the side wall when the lower tray is closed, and wherein a groove is defined in an outer face of the chamber wall to maintain pieces of ice frozen along a perimeter of the chamber wall in an attached state.
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公开(公告)号：US11519649B2
公开(公告)日：2022-12-06
申请号：US16685837
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong
Abstract: An ice maker of the present invention comprises: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber, wherein an upper opening is provided in an upper side of the upper tray; a lower tray defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber; a lower support supporting the lower tray and provided with a lower heater; and a control unit configured to operate the lower heater in an ice making process, wherein the control unit variably controls an output of the lower heater so that bubbles included in water in the ice chamber are gathered in a lowermost section in the ice making process.
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公开(公告)号：US11480377B2
公开(公告)日：2022-10-25
申请号：US16685346
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including a cabinet having a freezing compartment defined therein, an ice-maker mounted in the freezing compartment, wherein the ice-maker makes spherical ice and removes the made spherical ice downwards, an ice bin disposed below the ice-maker, and retractable and extendable in a front and rear direction, wherein the removed ice is stored in the ice bin, and a cover plate extending downward from a rear face of the ice-maker, wherein the cover plate shields a space between the ice bin and the ice-maker.
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公开(公告)号：US11428451B2
公开(公告)日：2022-08-30
申请号：US16685851
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Hyunji Park
Abstract: An ice maker includes an upper assembly including a plurality of hemispherical upper chambers, a lower assembly disposed below and pivotably coupled relative to the upper assembly, wherein the lower assembly includes a plurality of hemispherical lower chambers, a driver configured to pivot the lower assembly, a pair of rotating parts disposed at both sides of the lower assembly, a first pivoting arm pivotally mounted on one of the rotating parts, a second pivoting arm pivotally mounted on the other of the rotating parts and connected to the driver, a connection shaft connecting the first pivoting arm to the second pivoting arm, a first elastic member having one end connected to the first pivoting arm and the other end connected to the lower assembly, and a second elastic member having one end connected to the second pivoting arm and the other end connected to the lower assembly.
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公开(公告)号：US11371766B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-28
申请号：US16863895
申请日：2020-04-30
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Sangjun Kang , Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong
Abstract: In a refrigerator, a cam of a cam gear rotating by a driving motor is provided with a structure protruding from an edge portion of a cam gear to a center, thereby increasing the thickness of a cam surface. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the magnitude of force directly transferred from the cam gear to a magnet lever.
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公开(公告)号：US11353253B2
公开(公告)日：2022-06-07
申请号：US16685675
申请日：2019-11-15
Applicant: LG Electronics Inc.
Inventor： Yonghyun Kim , Jinil Hong , Seunggeun Lee , Seungjin Choi
Abstract: An ice maker includes: an upper assembly comprising a plurality of upper chambers recessed upward to define an upper portion of an ice chamber in which water is filled and ice is made, and having an intake opening by being open on a top, and a vertical extension part formed to protrude upward around the intake opening; a lower assembly comprising a plurality of lower chambers recessed downward to define a lower portion of the ice chamber, and rotatably connected to the upper assembly; and a water supply part that is recessed downward from an upper side of the water supply part and configured to receive therein water for making ice, the water supply part being removably coupled to the vertical extension part and configured to guide the received water into the intake opening.
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公开(公告)号：US10859309B2
公开(公告)日：2020-12-08
申请号：US15358226
申请日：2016-11-22
Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Inventor： Jinil Hong
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a door, a front panel that defines an external appearance of the door and is formed of a metal, a front panel hole that is formed in the front panel, a cover display that is provided on a rear surface of the front panel, a cover protrusion that extends from the cover display to an inside of the front panel hole, a touch plate that is mounted on the cover protrusion, is exposed through the front panel hole, and is formed of a metal, and a capacitive touch sensor that is arranged on a rear side of the cover display and is connected to the touch plate such that a current flows between the touch sensor and the touch plate. The touch plate has a size that is smaller than a size of the front panel hole and is spaced apart from an inner peripheral surface of the front panel hole, and the cover protrusion is formed along an inner circumference of the front panel hole to divide a section between the touch plate and the front panel.
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