Lg Electronics Inc.

Raeyoung Park

Jihyun Im

Jindong Kim

Hyunbum Kim

Ayoung Choo

Jaeyoul Lee

Myeongha Yi

Nami Kim

Hanhyo Kim

Myunghwan Kim

Jongshin Lee

Junghun Kim

Pansoo Kim

Hyunju Yi

Moonseok Lee

Jeongho Shin

Disclosed is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a cabinet () defining a first storage region () in which food is stored, a door () rotatably connected to a first rotating shaft (), located at the front of the cabinet (), via a first hinge member () to open or close the first storage region (), a gasket () provided at the door (), a container () defining a second storage region () received in the first storage region (), the container () being rotatably connected to a second rotating shaft, located at the door (), via a second hinge member (), a latch member installed to the container (), and a fastening device () provided at the door (), the fastening device () being caught by the latch member to selectively couple the door () and the container () to each other. The fastening device () includes a seal () configured to prevent outward movement of cold air through the fastening device () in a coupled state of the door () and the container ().

Refrigerator

A refrigerator hinge includes a hinge supporter configured to be mounted on a front surface of a cabinet of a refrigerator, the hinge supporter defining a fitting hole and including a bracket support portion that at least partially surrounds an edge of the fitting hole and protrudes from a front surface of the hinge supporter, a hinge bracket configured to be perpendicularly coupled to the hinge supporter, the hinge bracket including an insertion portion that protrudes from a first end of the hinge bracket and is configured to be inserted into the fitting hole, and a hinge pin configured to be coupled to a second end of the hinge bracket opposite the first end. When the hinge bracket is coupled to the hinge supporter, an inner edge of the bracket support portion contacts an outer circumferential surface of the hinge bracket.

Refrigerator hinge and manufacturing method thereof

A hinge for a refrigerator includes a hinge support configured to be mounted on a front surface of a cabinet of the refrigerator, where the hinge support has a plate shape and defining a coupling hole, a hinge bracket including an insertion part configured to be inserted into the coupling hole, where the hinge bracket is coupled to the hinge support along a longitudinal direction of the hinge support, and a hinge pin that is configured to mount to the hinge bracket and that is configured to allow a door of the refrigerator to rotate about the hinge pin. The hinge support includes a bracket support that at least partially surrounds the coupling hole and protrudes from a front surface of the hinge support, the bracket support being configured to provide support to the hinge support.

Method for manufacturing hinge for refrigerator

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a cabinet () defining a first storage region () for storing food, a door () for opening and closing the first storage region (), a gasket () which is provided on an inner surface of the door () and seals the first storage region () from outdoor air by forming a sealing boundary when the door () closes the first storage region (), a first hinge member () which has a rotary shaft () and rotatably connects the door () to the cabinet () out of the sealing boundary, a container () which defines a second storage region for storing food and is received in the first storage region (), and a second hinge member () which is fixed, at one side thereof, to the container () within the sealing boundary while being rotatably connected, at the other side thereof, to the door (), the second hinge member () having a rotary shaft () which is vertically and linearly aligned with the rotary shaft () of the first hinge member ().

Disclosed herein is a refrigerator including a cabinet () defining a first storage region () for storing food, a door () opening and closing the first storage region () and filled with a thermal insulator therein, a gasket () provided on an inner surface of the door () and sealing the first storage region () from outdoor air by forming a sealing boundary when the door () closes the first storage region (), a first hinge member () rotatably connecting the door () to the cabinet (), a container () defining a second storage region for storing food and received in the first storage region (), a second hinge member () rotatably connecting the door () to the container (), and a connection member () structurally coupled to the second hinge member () within the door (), in order to prevent distortions of a direction and a position of a rotary shaft () of the second hinge member () relative to a rotary shaft () of the first hinge member ().

Hinge for refrigerator and method for manufacturing the same

A refrigerator that includes a storage room and a door configured to provide or prevent access to the storage room is described. In the refrigerator, a hinge assembly connects the door to the storage room at a height relative that can be adjusted by operating the hinge assembly. To do so, the hinge assembly includes a hinge shaft having a screw thread and an adjustment member movable along the hinge shaft. Thus, the hinge assembly supports the door and allows adjustment to the height of the door relative to the storage room.

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Seoul, South Korea

Raeyoung Park