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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2022
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Hyunbum Kim, Seoul, KR;
Seungyoon Cho, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 23/028 (2013.01); E05F 15/611 (2015.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); E05Y 2900/31 (2013.01); F25D 2700/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes: a door rotatably coupled to a main body and opening and closing a storage container defined in the main body, a door driver disposed at an upper portion of the main body and, based on the door being pressed, opening the door, a sensor comprising a magnetic field sensor and a magnet and detecting an open or closed state of the door and measuring a pressed amount of the door based on to a change in a distance between the magnetic field sensor and the magnet, and a controller controlling the door driver and determining whether the door is to be opened based on to the pressed amount of the door.