Patent ID: 8042353

Claim:
A refrigerator door, comprising: an outer case defining an exterior side of the refrigerator door; an inner case provided within the outer case and defining an interior side of the refrigerator door, wherein a space formed between the inner case and the outer case is configured to be filled with a foaming liquid; an ice making unit coupled to the inner case, the ice making unit comprising: a receptacle having an ice making space formed therein that receives water to be made into ice; a driver installed in a driver case positioned at a side of the receptacle, the driver case having at least a top surface, a front surface and a side surface that is perpendicular to both the top and the front surface, said front surface parallel to the inner case; and a splash preventing device that prevents water in the receptacle from splashing out of the receptacle due to motion of the door, the splash preventing device comprising a guide recess formed in the side surface of the driver case that is adjacent to the receptacle, the guide recess having first and second side walls extending a depth of the recess and a splash guard surface extending between said walls, wherein said first side wall extends downward from the front surface of the driver case and said second side wall extends downward from the top surface of the driver case, and is spaced apart from the first side wall, and wherein a distance between the first and second side walls decreases gradually from a top end of the guide recess to a bottom end of the guide recess so as to have a downwardly tapering shape, wherein a loading boss of the driver case is received in the bottom end of the guide recess so as to guide water back into the receptacle; a fixing unit provided in the space formed between the inner case and the outer case so as to fix the ice making unit to the refrigerator door; and a dispenser provided on the exterior side of the refrigerator door to discharge ice supplied by the ice making unit.