REFRIGERATOR

Organization Name

samsung electronics co., ltd.

Inventor(s)

Changwan Han of Suwon-si KR

Sungbok Ko of Suwon-si KR

Ilsung Bae of Suwon-si KR

Seokjun Son of Suwon-si KR

Byungkwan Yang of Suwon-si KR

Wonjae Yoon of Suwon-si KR

Oungu Lee of Suwon-si KR

Bongkeun Lim of Suwon-si KR

Sangyoul Cha of Suwon-si KR

REFRIGERATOR

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 20250102198 titled 'REFRIGERATOR

Original Abstract Submitted

a refrigerator may include: a body; a storage compartment inside the body; first and second doors to open and close the storage compartment; a rotation bar coupled to one of the doors and rotatable to cover a gap between the doors when they are closed; a thermoelectric element including a heating portion and a cooling portion to cool the storage compartment; a heat sink heated by the heating portion; a fan configured to flow air toward the heat sink to exchange heat with the heat sink; and a duct including: a first discharge portion to discharge a first portion of the airflow, which exchanged heat with the heat sink, to an outside of the body; and a second discharge portion to discharge a second portion of the airflow, which exchanged heat with the heat sink, to the rotation bar to prevent dew from condensing on the rotation bar.