Samsung patents fridge door that lets light in while closed
Samsung has filed a patent for a refrigerator design where the door itself has a small storage space inside its frame. This design includes a hole in the door that aligns with a light inside the fridge, allowing light to shine into the door's storage area even when the door is shut.
In the filing’s own words
A refrigerator is provided. The refrigerator may include: a storage compartment; a light source disposed on a side surface of the storage compartment; and a door which has a door housing forming a door storage space spatially separated from the storage compartment and having at least a part accommodated in the storage compartment, and which opens and closes the storage compartment. The door housing may include an opening formed in a portion facing the light source so that light emitted from the light source reaches the inside of the door storage space while the door is closed.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A refrigerator comprising: a storage compartment; a light source disposed on a first side surface of the storage compartment; and a door configured to open and close the storage compartment, the door having a door housing forming a door storage space spatially separated from the storage compartment and configured such that at least a portion thereof is received in the storage compartment, wherein the door housing forms an opening at a portion facing the light source in a state in which the door is closed.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- REFRIGERATOR
- Publication number
- US20260276298A1
- Application number
- 19666886
- Filed
- May 4, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
F25D 27/005 Mechanical engineeringF25D 17/065 Mechanical engineeringF25D 23/028 Mechanical engineeringF25D 2317/062 Mechanical engineeringMore from Samsung in Other
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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