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Granted Patent B2
US 11,940,203 · App. 17/869,089 · Granted Mar 26, 2024

Refrigerator

Inventors: Sungdeuk Park (Suwon-si, KR); Youngmin Kwon (Suwon-si, KR); Jeongman Nam (Suwon-si, KR); Seongwoo Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seungho Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Hojun Jeong (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
F25D23/028A47B96/201A47B2096/208A47L15/4265F25D2323/02F25D2323/021F25D2400/18
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Patent No.
US 11,940,203
App. No.
17/869,089
Granted
Mar 26, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a refrigerator including a main body including a storeroom, a door body arranged to open or close the storeroom, a decoration panel coupled to a front side of the door body, and a holder mounted on the front side of the door body to be coupled to the decoration panel. The door body includes a rear case defining a rear side of the door body, and a main case defining front and sides of the door body. The main case includes a front part defining the front side of the door body and having an installation groove in which to install the holder, side parts defining sides of the door body, and a rear coupler coupled to the rear case. The main case is formed by bending a single metal board.

Claims (26)

1. A refrigerator comprising:

a main body including a storeroom;

a door configured to open or close the storeroom, the door including:

a door body including:

a rear case defining a rear side of the door body,

a main case formed by a single metal board that is bent to form:

a front part defining a front side of the door body, the front part including:

 a base,

 a left bent portion formed on a left side of the base and forming a left side installation groove that faces forward, and

 a right bent portion formed on a right side of the base and forming a right side installation groove that faces forward,

a coupler that is rear of the base and coupled to the rear case,

a left side part defining a left side of the door body, and

a right side part defining a right side of the door body;

a left holder installed in the left side installation groove, and

a right holder installed in the right side installation groove, and

a decorative panel coupled to the left holder and the right holder.

2. A refrigerator as in claim 1 , wherein the base has a flat surface, the decorative panel has a flat surface, and the flat surface of the decorative panel faces the flat surface of the base.

3. A refrigerator as in claim 1 , wherein the decorative panel includes:

a first trim that is coupled to the left holder, to thereby couple the decorative panel to the left holder, and

a second trim that is coupled to the right holder, to thereby couple the decorative panel to the right holder.

4. The refrigerator as in claim 3 , wherein the first trim and the second trim each longitudinally extends in a vertical direction along a rear surface of the decorative panel.

5. The refrigerator as in claim 1 , wherein

the base has a flat surface, the decorative panel has a flat surface, and the flat surface of the decorative panel faces the flat surface of the base, and

the decorative panel includes:

a first trim that longitudinally extends in a vertical direction along a rear surface of the decorative panel and is coupled to the left holder, to thereby couple the decorative panel to the left holder, and

a second trim that longitudinally extends in the vertical direction along the rear surface of the decorative panel and is coupled to the right holder, to thereby couple the decorative panel to the right holder.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0043017 · Apr 8, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0152722 · Nov 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17673439 · Feb 16, 2022
Continuation 17185384 · Feb 25, 2021
Continuation 16950773 · Nov 17, 2020
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