Lg Electronics Inc.

Kuhyeong Lee

Youngwoo Kim

Pojin Kim

Byungchun Moon

Sunggab Kim

Jahun Koo

Hye Sun Jung

Ja Hun Koo

Sung Gab Kim

So Hee Bak

The present disclosure relates to an external member for home appliances and a manufacturing method therefor. The external member has through-holes in a metal layer for transmitting light emitted from a light source, such as a light-emitting device mounted rear of the external member, are not exposed to the outside by a film layer attached to a front surface of the metal layer when the light-emitting device is turned off. The external member for home appliances can provides appearance of home appliances with improved luxuriousness and aesthetic sensibility.

External member for home appliances having light transmitting through-holes and manufacturing method therefor

An exterior member for a home appliance includes a front panel that defines an exterior of the home appliance, that is configured to cover a display assembly that includes a plurality of LEDs, and that includes a displaying part that defines a plurality of first through-holes at positions corresponding to the plurality of LEDs, the displaying part being configured to display operating information of the home appliance by transmitting light from the plurality of LEDs through at least a portion of the plurality of first through-holes. The exterior member further includes a front surface coating layer that is located on a front surface of the front panel and that is configured to shield the plurality of first through-holes. The exterior member further includes a hole-filling member that is configured to fill the plurality of first through-holes by coating a rear surface of the displaying part with a material.

Exterior member for home appliance and manufacture method thereof

The present disclosure describes an external member for home appliances and a manufacturing method therefor. The external member includes a metal layer that defines through-holes for transmitting light emitted from a light source including a light-emitting device mounted on a rear surface of the metal layer. The through-holes are not exposed to an outside by a film layer attached to a front surface of the metal layer when the light-emitting device is turned off. The external member for home appliances provides improved luxuriousness and aesthetic sensibility to the home appliances.

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Seoul, South Korea

Kuhyeong Lee