Abstract: A refrigerator including; an inner cabinet forming a storage compartments; a fixed rail on an inner wall of the inner cabinet; a movable rail that is slidable along the fixed rail between a first rail position, at which the movable rail is inserted, and a second rail position, at which the movable rail is withdrawn; and a sliding case that is slidable along the movable rail between a first case position, at which the sliding case is inserted with respect to the movable rail, and a second rail position, at which the sliding case is withdrawn from the first case position with respect to the movable rail. The movable rail is configured to be locked to the fixed rail at the first rail position, and to be released from the fixed rail in response to the movable rail moving from the first rail position to the second rail position.

Abstract: A refrigerator may include an inner case that forms a storage compartment; a temperature control room inside the storage compartment and configured so that a temperature of the temperature control compartment is independent of a temperature of the storage compartment; and a fan assembly configured to cool the temperature control room, including, a fan case including an inlet configured to communicate with the storage compartment and an outlet configured to communicate with the temperature control room, and a fan accommodated in the fan case and configured to move air inside the storage compartment through the inlet and to discharge air through the outlet to the temperature control room so that air from inside the storage compartment is moved into the temperature control room.

Abstract: A refrigerator may include an inner case that forms a storage compartment, a duct facing along a rear wall of the inner case and configured to guide cold air into the storage compartment, a temperature control compartment within the storage compartment, the temperature control compartment to have a temperature independent of a temperature of the storage compartment, and a heating assembly configured to control the temperature of the temperature control compartment, the heating assembly including a heater, a connector configured to supply power to the heater and mountable on the duct so as to face the rear wall of the inner case, and a heater case accommodating the heater and configured to cover the connector mounted on the duct so that with the connector mounted on the duct, moisture which flows or condenses on the duct is prevented and/or reduced from entering the connector.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a main body; a storage room formed inside the main body; an ice maker fixed to the main body, and inside the storage room; and a drawer accommodated in the storage room and configured to be withdrawable in a front direction with respect to the main body to open or close the storage room, wherein the drawer includes: a basket including an ice-making room formed therein and below the ice maker and a top portion opened; and a cover assembly in front of the ice maker and configured to cover the opened top portion of the ice-making room together with the ice maker, the cover assembly comprising a plurality of covers slidingly coupled with the basket and extendable when the basket is pulled out so that the plurality of covers changes in length along the front direction in which the basket is pulled out.

Abstract: A food storage container including a case having an open side and forming a storage space and a case cover configured to be detachably coupled to the case so that, when coupled to the case, the case cover covers the open side of the case and seals the storage space, the case cover including a receiving portion forming a receiving space configured to accommodate a gas absorbent, and having a discharge hole between the receiving space and the storage space, a valve to open and close the discharge hole in response to a pressure inside the storage space, and a receiving portion cover configured to be detachably coupled to the receiving portion so that, when coupled to the receiving portion, the receiving portion cover seals the receiving space, wherein a gas flowing from the storage space through the discharge hole to the receiving space is adsorbed by the gas absorbent.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator including: a storage compartment; a cold air outlet configured to supply cold air to the storage compartment; and a shelf disposed within the storage compartment, the shelf including: a cold air communication hole formed at a position corresponding to the cold air outlet; a shelf body including a support wall; a shelf base below the shelf body and coupled to the shelf body, the shelf base including a bottom wall covering the support wall and forming a gap between the bottom wall and the support wall; and a cold air control lever between the bottom wall and the support wall and supported by the bottom wall, the cold air control lever being configured to open and close the cold air communication hole.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a body including an opening formed in a front surface, a door rotatably coupled to the body and configured to open and close the opening of the body, a refrigerator compartment provided in a first inner space of the body, and a freezer compartment case provided with a freezer compartment to insert into or withdraw from a second inner space of the body that is disposed under the first inner space, and configured to slide in a forward-backward direction between an insertion position at which the freezer compartment case is inserted into the second inner space and closes the freezer compartment and a withdrawal position at which the freezer compartment case is withdrawn from the second inner space and opens the freezer compartment, and a front of the freezer compartment case is covered by the door at the insertion position in a state in which the door closes the opening of the body.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator including a temperature controlled room with improved utilization of space because no component for cooling or heating is positioned inside a temperature controlled room. The refrigerator includes a cabinet; a storage room provided inside the cabinet; a temperature controlled room positioned inside the storage room and being at inside temperature which is independent from inside temperature of the storage room; a cool air flow path guiding cool air generated inside the cabinet to inside of the storage room; a first fan positioned on the cool air flow path to supply the cool air to the storage room; a cool air supplier forming at least one portion of the cool air flow path and including a second fan to supply the cool air to the temperature controlled room; and a heating portion configured to heat air to supply hot air to inside of the temperature controlled room.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a storage compartment; a shelf provided in the storage compartment; a shelf frame provided at a lower side of the shelf and configured to support the shelf; a drawer configured to be withdrawn at a lower side of the shelf frame; a drawer cover coupled to the shelf frame between the shelf frame and the drawer, the drawer cover including a cold air blocking portion extending toward a front of the storage compartment; and a support member contacting a portion of a bottom surface of the shelf frame and configured to support a load of the shelf

Abstract: A refrigerator includes: a main body; a storage room formed inside the main body; an ice maker fixed to the main body, and inside the storage room; and a drawer accommodated in the storage room and configured to be withdrawable in a front direction with respect to the main body to open or close the storage room, wherein the drawer includes: a basket including an ice-making room formed therein and below the ice maker and a top portion opened; and a cover assembly in front of the ice maker and configured to cover the opened top portion of the ice-making room together with the ice maker, the cover assembly comprising a plurality of covers slidingly coupled with the basket and extendable when the basket is pulled out so that the plurality of covers changes in length along the front direction in which the basket is pulled out.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having a supporting frame whose installation structure is enhanced. The refrigerator includes an inner case defining a storeroom and having a projection formed to protrude to the inside of the storeroom, a drawer arranged to be inserted or pulled out from the storeroom, and a supporting frame arranged in the storeroom to guide movements of the drawer, and installed at the projection, wherein the supporting frame includes a fixer arranged on a side of the supporting frame to prevent the supporting frame from deviating from the projection, the fixer being deformed when pressurized by the projection and restored to an original state when the pressure from the projection is released.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a storage chamber. The refrigerator also includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall arranged to form at least a portion of both side surfaces of the storage chamber. The refrigerator further includes a light source arranged on the first sidewall to illuminate an inside of the storage chamber. The refrigerator also includes a light guide member provided inside the storage chamber and formed to extend between the first sidewall and the second sidewall to guide light emitted from the light source. The light guide member includes an incident surface arranged to face the first sidewall and an exit surface through which the light guided by the light guide member is emitted to an outside of the light guide member.

Abstract: This application describes a thermal interface material, and preparation and application thereof. Specifically, a thermal interface material is described. The thermal interface material is obtained by bending and folding, optional horizontal pressing and optional high-temperature treatment of a laminated structure. Two-dimensional high-thermal-conductivity nano-plates on the upper surface and the lower surface of the thermal interface material have a horizontal stack structure. Two-dimensional high-thermal-conductivity nano-sheets located between the upper surface and the lower surface of the thermal interface material have both a vertical stack structure and a curved stack structure. Also described are a preparation method and application of the thermal interface material.

Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator including a temperature controlled room with improved utilization of space because no component for cooling or heating is positioned inside a temperature controlled room. The refrigerator includes a cabinet; a storage room provided inside the cabinet; a temperature controlled room positioned inside the storage room and being at inside temperature which is independent from inside temperature of the storage room; a cool air flow path guiding cool air generated inside the cabinet to inside of the storage room; a first fan positioned on the cool air flow path to supply the cool air to the storage room; a cool air supplier forming at least one portion of the cool air flow path and including a second fan to supply the cool air to the temperature controlled room; and a heating portion configured to heat air to supply hot air to inside of the temperature controlled room.

Abstract: A refrigerator including a storage chamber. The refrigerator also includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall arranged to form at least a portion of both side surfaces of the storage chamber. The refrigerator further includes a light source arranged on the first sidewall to illuminate an inside of the storage chamber. The refrigerator also includes a light guide member provided inside the storage chamber and formed to extend between the first sidewall and the second sidewall to guide light emitted from the light source. The light guide member includes an incident surface arranged to face the first sidewall and an exit surface through which the light guided by the light guide member is emitted to an outside of the light guide member.

Abstract: A refrigerator having an improved structure to maintain the humidity in a drawer. The refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a drawer configured to be inserted to or withdrawn from the storage chamber, a cover configured to cover an upper part of the drawer, and a rail device configured to guide the drawer to slide in a front-rear direction with respect to the cover and to allow the cover to be located in the storage chamber and to be moved upward with respect to the drawer when the drawer is withdrawn.

Abstract: Provided is a refrigerator having a supporting frame whose installation structure is enhanced. The refrigerator includes an inner case defining a storeroom and having a projection formed to protrude to the inside of the storeroom, a drawer arranged to be inserted or pulled out from the storeroom, and a supporting frame arranged in the storeroom to guide movements of the drawer, and installed at the projection, wherein the supporting frame includes a fixer arranged on a side of the supporting frame to prevent the supporting frame from deviating from the projection, the fixer being deformed when pressurized by the projection and restored to an original state when the pressure from the projection is released.

Abstract: This application describes a thermal interface material, and preparation and application thereof. Specifically, a thermal interface material is described. The thermal interface material is obtained by bending and folding, optional horizontal pressing and optional high-temperature treatment of a laminated structure. Two-dimensional high-thermal-conductivity nano-plates on the upper surface and the lower surface of the thermal interface material have a horizontal stack structure. Two-dimensional high-thermal-conductivity nano-sheets located between the upper surface and the lower surface of the thermal interface material have both a vertical stack structure and a curved stack structure. Also described are a preparation method and application of the thermal interface material.

Abstract: A refrigerator having an improved structure to maintain the humidity in a drawer. The refrigerator includes a storage chamber, a drawer configured to be inserted to or withdrawn from the storage chamber, a cover configured to cover an upper part of the drawer, and a rail device configured to guide the drawer to slide in a front-rear direction with respect to the cover and to allow the cover to be located in the storage chamber and to be moved upward with respect to the drawer when the drawer is withdrawn.

Abstract: Systems and methods for virtual affective touch are disclosed. One illustrative system described herein includes: a touch screen display; a haptic output device; and a processor configured to: display a visual representation of a receiving user on the touch screen display; receive from the touch screen display a sensor signal associated with a gesture by a sending user; transmit a signal associated with the gesture and the visual representation to a receiving device; determine a haptic effect based in part on the gesture and the visual representation of the receiving user; and transmit a haptic signal associated with the haptic effect to the haptic output device configured to output the haptic effect.