Patent ID: 8424321

Claim:
A refrigerator comprising: a refrigerator body; doors mounted to the refrigerator body to open or close the refrigerator body; a hinge cover attached to at least one of the doors; a dispenser mounted in a recess formed in a front surface of one of the doors; a plurality of display units provided at the doors, one of the plurality of display units being adjacent to the dispenser; an external-appliance connector mounted in the hinge cover and on the display unit adjacent to the dispenser; and a data cable extending from the external-appliance connector to one of the display units; wherein each of the display units includes: a display for displaying data including an image or audio data, or data as to a status of the refrigerator; a connector for performing transmission and reception of the data or a command with the remaining display units; and a controller for controlling the data transmission and reception via the connector, wherein the controller is configured to display the data and to perform a control operation according to the command, wherein the external-appliance connector is configured to perform transmission and reception of data with an external appliance, and wherein the external-appliance connector comprises: a connecting jack connected with the external appliance; and a rubber cap for sealing the connecting jack.