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US 10,655,840 · App. 16/433,631 · Granted May 19, 2020

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 10,655,840
App. No.
16/433,631
Granted
May 19, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A household appliance as described herein 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 urethane coating liquid including an anti-foaming agent.

Claims (12)

1. A method of manufacturing a household appliance, comprising:

forming on an exterior panel of a household appliance a plurality of through holes to form a display window area;

screen printing a urethane coating liquid which includes an anti-foaming agent on a rear surface of the exterior panel to form a coating layer filling the plurality of through holes;

contouring the exterior panel to a prescribed shape base on a shape of the household appliance; and

mounting a display cover on the rear surface of the contoured exterior panel at a location corresponding to the display window area.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising forming a first black colored layer on a surface of the coating layer except the plurality of through holes.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising forming a second black colored layer on a front surface of the display cover, wherein when the display cover is mounted on a rear surface of the front panel, the second black colored layer is in contact with the first black colored layer.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

mounting a display assembly on a display frame; and

coupling the display frame to a rear surface of the display cover.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display window area includes at least one of a text, a drawing, or a symbol formed by a group of the plurality of through holes.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the anti-foaming agent is included in the urethane coating liquid at 0.5 to 1.5 wt %.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0189150 · Dec 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15952941 · Apr 13, 2018
Continuation 14977623 · Dec 21, 2015
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