Patent AU-2021416462-B2 (AU)
Title: Refrigerator
Inventor: SEO HAEWON
IPC: F25D23/06
Filed: 2021-11-11
Granted: 2023-10-12
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) 
(19) World Intellectual Property 
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International Bureau (10) International Publication Number 
(43) International Publication Date W O 2022/163979 Al 
04 August 2022 (04.08.2022) W IP0I PCT 
(51) International Patent Classification: digital 1-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 08592 (KR). KANG, 
F25D 17/06 (2006.01) F25D 11/00 (2006.01) Sunghee; IP Center, LG Electronics Inc., 51, Gasan dig
F25D 17/08 (2006.01) F25D 21/14 (2006.01) ital 1-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 08592 (KR). KIM, ih
F25D 23/06 (2006.01) F25D 23/00 (2006.01) wang; IP Center, LG Electronics Inc., 51, Gasan digital 1
(21) International Application Number: ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 08592 (KR).  
PCT/KR2021/016453 (74) Agent: 11AW, Yong Noke; 6th Fl., HyunJuk Bldg., 114 
(22) International Filing Date: Yeoksam-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06252 (KR).  
11 November 2021 (11.11.2021) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 
(25) Filing Language• English kind ofnational protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, 
AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, 
(26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, 
(30)PriorityData: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, 
302021-00107/77 26 January 2021 (26.01.2021) KR HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, IT, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, 
KP, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, 
(71) Applicant: LG ELECTRONICS INC. [KR/KR]; 128, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, 
Yeoui-daero, Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul 07336 (KR). OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, 
SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, ST, SVSY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, 
(72) Inventors: SEO, Haewon; IP Center, LG Electronics Inc., TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, WS, ZA, ZM, ZW.  
51, Gasan digital 1-ro, Geumcheon-gu, Seoul 08592 (KR).  
PARK, Dohyun; IP Center, LG Electronics Inc., 51, Gasan 
(54) Title: REFRIGERATOR 
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(57) Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a refrigerator, and the refrigerator includes a cabinet, a first storage chamber and a 
second storage chamber configured to store food, and a grill pan assembly configured to partition the inner portion of the first storage 
chamber into a space in which an evaporator is provided, in which the grill pan assembly includes a grill pan forming a front surface 
of the grill pan assembly, a shroud on which a first fan and a second fan are mounted, an adiabatic member configured to be provided 
enlbetween the grill pan and the shroud and on which a first flow path part configured to supply the cold air forcibly flowing by the first 
fan to the first storage chamber and a second flow path part configured to supply the cold air forcibly flowing by the second fan to the 
second storage chamber are formed on the same surface, and a duct connector configured to be provided at a position corresponding 
to the second fan in a space between the shroud and the adiabatic member and connected to the second flow path part to form an 
independent flow path.
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(84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every 
kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, 
GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, 
UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, 
TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, 
EE, ES, Fl, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, 
MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, 
TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, 
KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG).  
Published: 
- with international search report (Art. 21(3))