Refrigerator

Abstract

The present invention discloses a refrigerator including a refrigerator main body, a refrigerator door for opening and closing the refrigerator mainbody, a hinge assembly for connecting the refrigerator door to the refrigerator main body to be openable and closable, a hinge cover for covering the hinge assembly, and a multimedia device positioned inside the hinge cover. This configuration can improve the spatial efficiency of the refrigerator. In addition the multimedia device has higher stability when it is positioned outside the refrigerator than inside the refrigerator of high humidity.

1 . A refrigerator, comprising:
 a refrigerator main body;   a refrigerator door for opening and closing the refrigerator main body;   a hinge assembly for connecting the refrigerator door to the refrigerator main body to be openable and closable;   a hinge cover for covering the hinge assembly; and   a multimedia device positioned inside the hinge cover.   
     
     
         2 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the multimedia device is a speaker connected to a controller, for generating sound. 
     
     
         3 . The refrigerator of  claim 2 , further comprising a speaker hole formed at the hinge cover, for transferring the sound generated by the speaker and resonated inside the hinge cover to the outside. 
     
     
         4 . The refrigerator of  claim 3 , wherein the speaker hole is formed at at least one of the top face and the front face of the hinge cover. 
     
     
         5 . The refrigerator of  claim 2 , further comprising a partition wall formed inside the hinge cover, for partitioning off the space into a hinge assembly mounting space and a speaker mounting space. 
     
     
         6 . The refrigerator of  claim 5 , further comprising an electric wire mounting groove formed at the partition wall so that a wire connected to the speaker can pass therethrough. 
     
     
         7 . The refrigerator of  claim 6 , wherein the electric wire is fitted into the electric wire mounting groove from the bottom end of the partition wall. 
     
     
         8 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the multimedia device is a connector for connecting an external device to the controller of the refrigerator. 
     
     
         9 . The refrigerator of  claim 8 , further comprising:
 a connector fixing portion for fixing the connector inside the hinge cover;   an electric wire fixing segment for fixing an electric wire connected to the connector; and   a through hole formed at at least one face of the hinge cover so that the external device can pass through the hinge cover and connect to the connector.   
     
     
         10 . The refrigerator of  claim 9 , wherein the connector fixing portion comprises a body fixing segment for fixing a body portion of the connector, a neck fixing segment for fixing a neck portion of the connector, and an auxiliary supporting segment for auxiliarily supporting the connector. 
     
     
         11 . The refrigerator of  claim 10 , wherein the body fixing segment comprises a supporting portion for supporting both side ends of the body portion of the connector, and a hooking portion closely adhered to the top face of the connector, for preventing separation. 
     
     
         12 . The refrigerator of  claim 9 , wherein the electric wire fixing segment comprises a circumference supporting portion for supporting the circumference of the electric wire, and a separation preventing portion for preventing the separation of the electric wire. 
     
     
         13 . The refrigerator of  claim 9 , wherein the connector fixing portion and the electric wire fixing segment are made of an elastic material. 
     
     
         14 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the front face of the hinge cover is hidden by the refrigerator door. 
     
     
         15 . The refrigerator of  claim 1 , wherein the hinge cover extends to both side ends of the refrigerator main body and the refrigerator door at the upper portion thereof. 
     
     
         16 . The refrigerator of  claim 15 , wherein the hinge cover is partitioned off into a hinge assembly mounting space, a multimedia device mounting space and a separate space. 
     
     
         17 . The refrigerator of  claim 15 , wherein the multimedia devices are a speaker and a connector, and the hinge cover is partitioned off into a hinge assembly mounting space, a speaker mounting space and a connector mounting space.