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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2022
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Taein Eom, Suwon-si, KR;
Daesung Ki, Suwon-si, KR;
Chanyoung Park, Suwon-si, KR;
Hyunuk Park, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
A refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator includes a housing, a door configured to be rotatably coupled to the housing by including a hinge shaft and a hinge gear fixed to the hinge shaft, and a door opening and closing device provided at one end of the door to control opening and closing of the door. The door opening and closing device includes a drive motor, a final gear configured to receive power from the drive motor and transmit the power to the hinge shaft, the final gear arranged at one end of the door opening and closing device to interlock with the hinge gear, and a door position sensor arranged on one side of the final gear to detect a rotation angle of the final gear.