Structure for mounting monitor on refrigerator

• US 6,430,946 B2
• Filed: 01/02/2001
• Issued: 08/13/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Cho, Jin Cheol, Roh, Young Hoon, Kim, Kwang Choon
• Primary Examiner(s): Tanner, Harry B.
• Application Number:
  US09/750,713
• Publication Number:
  US 20010025497A1
• Time in Patent Office: 588 Days
• Field of Search: 621/25, 621/26, 621/27, 621/29, 621/30, 622/98, 622/99, 624/40, 624/48
• US Class Current: 62/125
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 23/00 General constructional features F25D21/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/06 Refrigerators with a vertical mullion
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 2400/36 Visual displays
• CPC Class Codes: F25D 29/005 Mounting of control devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/414 Specialised client platforms, e.g. receiver in car or embedded in a mobile appliance
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

Structure for mounting a monitor on a refrigerator including the monitor mounted on a front face of the refrigerator for presenting a picture, and a controlling part mounted on a top of the refrigerator for providing a picture signal to the monitor for presenting a state of the refrigerator and internet information, wherein cables connecting the displaying part and the driving circuit are resistant to noise, thereby permitting no trespass into a food space at all and an easy mounting on the door.

Claims

1. A structure for mounting a monitor on a refrigerator comprising:

the monitor mounted on a front face of the refrigerator for displaying a picture;

a controller mounted on the top of the refrigerator for providing a picture signal to the monitor for displaying the status of the refrigerator and internet information; and

wherein the monitor includes a display means for displaying a visible picture to a user and a driving circuit for transmitting a picture signal to the display means, wherein the display means is mounted on the front face of the refrigerator and the driving circuit is mounted in the controller on the top of the refrigerator separate from said display means, and said display means and the controller being electrically connected to each other.

2. A structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the controller includes an operation controller for controlling operation of the refrigerator.

3. A structure as claimed in claim 2, further including a plate attached to the top of the refrigerator, and the controller being mounted on the plate.

4. A structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein cables electrically connecting the display means in the monitor and the driving circuit pass through a hinge bracket at a corner of an upper portion of the refrigerator.

5. A structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cables connecting the display means in the monitor and the driving circuit are LVDS or TMDS and resistant to noise.