REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20250060142A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-02-20

    申请号:US18934984

    申请日:2024-11-01

    Abstract: A refrigerator includes an ice making tray in which ice making water to be supplied, an ice making device configured to generate ice by using the ice making water supplied to the ice making tray, an ice making heater configured to heat the ice making tray, a sensor configured to detect a temperature of the ice making tray, a memory that stores at least one instruction, and a processor that is connected with the memory and controls the refrigerator, wherein the processor is configured to detect a temperature change of the ice making tray during a cooling time corresponding to whether the ice making heater operates within a predetermined time after a start of ice making driving, and based on the magnitude of the temperature change of the ice making tray being greater than or equal to a value corresponding to the cooling time, stop of the ice making driving.

    REFRIGERATOR
    42.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20250035370A1

    公开(公告)日:2025-01-30

    申请号:US18918609

    申请日:2024-10-17

    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body having a storeroom, an inner door rotatably coupled to the main body and having a door opening, an outer door rotatably arranged in front of the inner door to open or close the door opening, a dispenser including a water-intake space and an operation lever and configured to supply water to the water-intake space by manipulation of the operation lever, and an automatic water supplier including a water container installation space formed to have a water container mounted and a water level sensor configured to detect a water level of the water container, and configured to supply water into the water container to fill the water container with a certain amount of water. The water-intake space and the water container installation space may be arranged in the door opening of the inner door to be accessed while the inner door is closed.

    REFRIGERATOR
    43.
    发明公开
    REFRIGERATOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240077249A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-07

    申请号:US18385718

    申请日:2023-10-31

    Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a main body including a storage compartment; an inner door rotatably coupled to the main body; an outer door rotatably coupled to a front of the inner door; a dispenser provided in the inner door and configured to supply water; and a water supply device provided in the inner door, and configured to supply a predetermined amount of water to a container, the water supply device including a sensor configured to detect a level of the water in the container, wherein the outer door may include: a door body including a dispenser opening configured to expose the dispenser in a state in which the outer door at least partially covers the inner door; and a door panel detachably mounted on the door body.

    REFRIGERATOR
    44.
    发明公开
    REFRIGERATOR 审中-公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230332823A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-19

    申请号:US18118864

    申请日:2023-03-08

    Abstract: A refrigerator having an inner door including an opening between the front and rear surfaces of the inner door, first and second opening side surfaces, and a dike protruding from the rear surface of the inner door and including first and second dike inner surfaces; an outer door on the front of the inner door to open to access the opening; and a water supply unit including a water supply case, an outlet to supply water to a detachable water bucket when the water bucket is installed in the water supply case, and a water level sensor to detect a water level of the water bucket. The rear surface of the inner door includes a spacing portion between the second dike inner surface and the second opening side surface, and the water supply unit is installed on the dike with a portion positioned behind the spacing portion.

    REFRIGERATOR AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220316792A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-10-06

    申请号:US17845401

    申请日:2022-06-21

    Abstract: A refrigerator including a refrigerator compartment, a dairy product maker inside the refrigerator compartment, a control panel configured to receive a control command, and a controller configured to control the dairy product maker based on the control command, the dairy product maker includes a container to store milk or a dairy product, a heater configured to heat the milk stored in the container, a fan configured to supply cool air inside the refrigerator compartment to the container, and a temperature sensor configured to measure a temperature inside of the dairy product maker, and the controller operates the heater for a preset fermentation period in response to the control command, turns off the heater and turns on the fan to cool down inside of the container after a lapse of the preset fermentation period, and turns off the fan in response to completing of the cooling down inside of the container.

    REFRIGERATOR
    46.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220275995A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-01

    申请号:US17749614

    申请日:2022-05-20

    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body having a storeroom, an inner door rotatably coupled to the main body and having a door opening, an outer door rotatably arranged in front of the inner door to open or close the door opening, a dispenser including a water-intake space and an operation lever and configured to supply water to the water-intake space by manipulation of the operation lever, and an automatic water supplier including a water container installation space formed to have a water container mounted and a water level sensor configured to detect a water level of the water container, and configured to supply water into the water container to fill the water container with a certain amount of water. The water-intake space and the water container installation space may be arranged in the door opening of the inner door to be accessed while the inner door is closed.

    ICE MAKER AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20220003480A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17285026

    申请日:2019-11-07

    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator having a manual ice maker.
    The refrigerator includes a main body in which a storage compartment is formed, a door to open and close the storage compartment, and an ice maker provided on the door to generate ice, wherein the ice maker includes a frame having a water container mounting part, an ice making tray provided on the frame and in which ice is generated, and a water container detachably mounted on the frame to supply water to the ice making tray, and wherein the water container is configured such that at least a portion of the water container is opened when mounted on the water container mounting part.

    REFRIGERATOR AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF

    公开(公告)号:US20210325094A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US17301904

    申请日:2021-04-19

    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a storage compartment, an evaporator configured to cool the air in the storage compartment, a first heater provided in the vicinity of the evaporator, a tray provided to accommodate water, a refrigerant pipe provided in contact with the tray and configured to cool the tray, a second heater provided in the vicinity of the refrigerant pipe, a compressor configured to supply a compressed refrigerant to at least one of the evaporator or the refrigerant pipe, and a processor configured to start an operation of the second heater after starting an operation of the first heater, and configured to start an operation of the compressor after stopping the operation of the first heater and the second heater. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent ice from being agglomerated caused by the defrosting operation.

    REFRIGERATOR
    49.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20210148623A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16951196

    申请日:2020-11-18

    Abstract: A refrigerator including a main body having a refrigerating compartment and a freezing compartment, a refrigerating compartment door rotatably coupled to the main body to open and close at least a part of the refrigerating compartment, an ice-making compartment, an ice maker disposed in the ice-making compartment to make ice, a dispenser to dispense ice, an auxiliary door to open and close the ice-making compartment, and a cold air duct connecting the ice-making compartment to the freezing compartment to cool the ice-making compartment. The ice maker including an ice-making tray that is rotatable and a cold air guide that is deformable and restorable and fixed to the ice-making tray.

    VALVE ASSEMBLY AND REFRIGERATOR HAVING THE SAME

    公开(公告)号:US20200158421A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-21

    申请号:US16749297

    申请日:2020-01-22

    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body, a dispenser configured to supply water to the outside of the main body, a water supply flow path connecting the dispenser to a water source; and a valve assembly disposed on the water supply flow path, wherein the valve assembly comprises an elastic member having an outlet whose diameter is reduced by an elastic force, when water is no longer supplied to the valve assembly, so that water remaining in the inside of the water supply flow path is kept by the surface tension of the water.

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