US 12,169,092 B2
Refrigerator
Ki Hyun Park, Seoul (KR); Gi Young Kim, Seoul (KR); Seung-Jin Oh, Seoul (KR); Chang Woan Yang, Seoul (KR); Jeong Wook Kang, Seoul (KR); and Deok Eun Kang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/233,963.
Application 18/233,963 is a continuation of application No. 17/097,634, filed on Nov. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,768,028.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0145458 (KR), filed on Nov. 13, 2019; application No. 10-2019-0145459 (KR), filed on Nov. 13, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0145460 (KR), filed on Nov. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0384023 A1, Nov. 30, 2023
Int. Cl. F25D 23/02 (2006.01); E05F 15/619 (2015.01); F25D 23/00 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 23/028 (2013.01) [E05F 15/619 (2015.01); F25D 23/006 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25D 2323/024 (2013.01); F25D 2327/00 (2013.01); F25D 2700/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a cabinet that defines a storage space;
a door assembly rotatably coupled to the cabinet and configured to open and close at least a portion of the storage space;
a machine room assembly that is positioned below the cabinet and defines a machine room therein; and
a door opening device disposed at a lower portion of the cabinet and configured to protrude toward a rear surface of the door assembly to thereby push a lower part of the door assembly in a direction away from the cabinet,
wherein the door opening device is arranged in an installation space recessed from the lower portion of the cabinet toward the storage space, the installation space being recessed upward relative to the machine room assembly and defined above the machine room,
wherein the refrigerator further comprises a cover plate that is disposed between an upper portion of the machine room assembly and the lower portion of the cabinet, the cover plate defining the installation space in which the door opening device is arranged,
wherein the installation space has (i) a lower surface that is open toward the machine room and (ii) a front surface that is open toward the door assembly and shielded by a front frame of the cabinet, and
wherein the front frame has an inlet of a push rod protruding from the door opening device.