US 11,808,516 B2
Home appliance including display module
Honguk Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Simon Ireland, Suwon-si (KR); and Anthony O'Sullivan, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 3, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/946,039.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0065628 (KR), filed on Jun. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0378679 A1, Dec. 3, 2020
Int. Cl. F25D 29/00 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01)
CPC F25D 29/003 (2013.01) [F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 29/005 (2013.01); F25D 2400/361 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator comprising:
a main body forming a storage compartment;
a door configured to open and close the storage compartment;
a display module coupled to the door; and
a sliding plate disposed between the door and display module, the sliding plate coupled to be slidable in an upper side direction and a lower side direction with respect to the door, the sliding plate configured to allow the display module to be rotatably coupled thereto,
wherein the display module includes (i) a fixed plate disposed at an inside of the display module and coupled to the sliding plate and (ii) a rotating plate disposed between the fixed plate and the sliding plate and provided to be rotatable with respect to the fixed plate and the sliding plate, and
wherein the display module is provided to:
when the sliding plate slides in the upper side and lower side directions, slide in the upper side and lower side directions with respect to the door together with the sliding plate, and
rotate with respect to the door as the display module rotates with respect to the sliding plate.