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Granted Patent B2
US 10,352,552 · App. 15/952,941 · Granted Jul 16, 2019

Touch sensor assembly and door including the same

Inventors: Minchel Kim (Seoul, KR); Jinseung Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
F21V33/0044F25D29/005G06F3/0412G09F3/208G09F13/22H03K17/962F25D2400/361G09F2013/222H03K2217/960755H03K2217/960785
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Patent No.
US 10,352,552
App. No.
15/952,941
Granted
Jul 16, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A household appliance according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a front panel forming an exterior, a display window formed with a plurality of through holes having minute or fine sizes formed at the front panel, and the plurality of through holes are filled with a coating liquid including an anti-foaming agent.

Claims (20)

1. A household appliance comprising:

a metallic front panel forming an exterior of the household appliance;

a display window area having a plurality of through holes formed on the front panel to display information through the plurality of through holes;

a display assembly provided at a rear of the front panel corresponding to the display window area and includes a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) which emit light toward the plurality of through holes;

a coating layer which is screen printed on a rear surface of the front panel corresponding to the display window area and includes an anti-foaming agent, an acryl polyol, and a curing agent;

a first black coating layer provided over the coating layer except the plurality of through holes; and

a display cover in contact against the first black coating layer, wherein the display cover includes:

a through hole formed at a position corresponding to the plurality of through holes, through which light emitted toward the plurality of through holes passes; and

a second black coating layer which is printed on a front surface of the display cover, wherein the display assembly is positioned at a through hole of the display cover.

2. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein:

the anti-foaming agent is included in a coating liquid forming the coating layer at 0.5 to 1.5 wt %;

the acryl polyol is included in the coating liquid at 33 wt %; and

the curing agent is included in the coating liquid at 1 wt %.

3. The household appliance of claim 2 , wherein coating layer further includes a silicon acryl polyol included in the coating liquid at 33 wt %.

4. The household appliance of claim 3 , wherein coating layer further includes a leveling agent and an attachment enhancement agent.

5. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the display window area includes a window having eighty eight segments form formed by a group of the plurality of through holes.

6. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the display window area includes an area to display one of a text, a drawing, or a symbol formed by a group of the plurality of through holes.

7. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the coating layer is in a range of 35 to 55 m.

8. The household appliance of claim 1 , further comprising an anti-fingerprint coating layer attached onto a front surface of the front panel.

9. The household appliance of claim 1 , wherein the coating layer has prescribed transparency such that light transmitted through the plurality of through holes has a brightness of at least equal to 40 nit.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0189150 · Dec 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 14977623 · Dec 21, 2015
Related Publication 20180231236A1 · Aug 16, 2018