Provided is a refrigerator. The refrigerator is characterized by enabling at least a part of a refrigerator door to be selectively transparent by a user's operation, such that the user sees through an inside of the refrigerator while the refrigerator door is closed.

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.

A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet and a surround lighting feature. The vacuum insulated cabinet includes a liner disposed within a wrapper, which are interconnected by a thermal bridge to form a vacuum cavity therebetween. A wall covering assembly includes a top wall disposed adjacent to and spaced-apart from a top wall of the liner. The wall covering assembly also includes a rear wall disposed adjacent to and spaced-apart from a rear wall of the liner. In assembly, the liner and the wall covering assembly cooperate to define a refrigerator compartment. A cavity is formed between liner and the wall covering assembly. A surround lighting assembly is disposed around an opening into the refrigerator compartment and is powered by a wiring system concealed by the wall covering assembly.

A refrigeration appliance includes a compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment, the compartment being illuminated by at least one modular LED illumination device. The portion of the illumination device disposed within the compartment is generally flush with a mounting section and includes an LED lighting module arranged in a housing. The module has a board member, two or more LED light sources electrically connected to one another and to the board member, and two or more electrical edge connections for allowing electrically parallel connection between two or more modules being interchangeable with one another. A concave reflecting surface is positioned adjacent the module with a majority of light emitted from the LED light sources being incident thereon for reflection into the compartment. A liner defining the compartment has the mounting section to which the housing is mounted, where the mounting section has an inward draft angle.

A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, a unitary formed heatsink with a plurality of heat dissipating fins, and a walled enclosure that retains a light source and comprises an opening that terminates at a surface substantially perpendicular to the walled enclosure. The light source is coupled to one of the enclosure wall/s and the surface, the opposite side of the heat sink retaining the light source is a side of the apparatus that is mechanically and/or electromechanically coupled to a support structure, at least one adjacent side of the walled enclosure has a plurality of heat dissipating fins, unitarily formed with the heat sink, that extend outwardly beyond the wall's perimeter, at least one fin extends upwardly beyond the light source toward the illuminated space, and at least one through openings enable the flow of free air across at least two fins.

A lighting device includes a light emitting diode (LED) that has a main axis of light emission. The lighting device also includes a lens element positioned adjacent the LED. The lens element has a geometry defined by at least partial revolution of a cross-sectional profile around an axis of revolution. The lens element is positioned relative to the LED such that the axis of revolution crosses the main axis of light emission of the LED. The lens element is operative to apply total internal reflection to at least some light rays emitted from the LED.

A refrigerator includes a vacuum insulated cabinet and a surround lighting feature. The vacuum insulated cabinet includes a liner disposed within a wrapper, which are interconnected by a thermal bridge to form a vacuum cavity therebetween. A wall covering assembly includes a top wall disposed adjacent to and spaced-apart from a top wall of the liner. The wall covering assembly also includes a rear wall disposed adjacent to and spaced-apart from a rear wall of the liner. In assembly, the liner and the wall covering assembly cooperate to define a refrigerator compartment. A cavity is formed between liner and the wall covering assembly. A surround lighting assembly is disposed around an opening into the refrigerator compartment and is powered by a wiring system concealed by the wall covering assembly.

A refrigerator includes: a cabinet defining a refrigeration compartment with an opening and a door pivotally connected with the cabinet; a see-through door with an interior light for illuminating the refrigeration compartment and/or a dispenser mounted in the door or in the cabinet for dispensing water and/or ice; and a sensor unit operatively associated with the interior light and/or the dispenser, the sensor unit including at least two spaced apart sensors in operational communication with a controller, each sensor producing an output signal, the controller senses a timing difference between the output signals from the at least two sensors caused by the movement of the operator to control dispensing, and the controller establishes a calibration setting based on the output signals of the sensor where ambient changes to the output signals are differentiated from the timing difference.

An edge protection module for attachment to an outer edge of a shelf of a domestic refrigerator, includes a metallic carrier strip having a strip axis, a lighting rod which is mounted on the carrier strip and extends along the strip axis and which has two axially opposite rod ends and a row of lighting elements, which are arranged in an axially distributed manner, and two connection points in electrical connection with the row of lighting elements, which connection points are arranged axially on both sides of the row of lighting elements in a defined axial position relative to the carrier strip and are accessible from outside the edge protection module, where at least one of the connection points is part of a contacting unit which is structurally separate from the lighting rod and is mounted on the carrier strip at an axial distance from the lighting rod.

A light emitting apparatus includes a light source, a unitary formed heatsink with a plurality of heat dissipating fins, and a walled enclosure that retains a light source and comprises an opening that terminates at a surface substantially perpendicular to the walled enclosure. The light source is coupled to one of the enclosure wall/s and the surface, the opposite side of the heat sink retaining the light source is a side of the apparatus that is mechanically and/or electromechanically coupled to a support structure, at least one adjacent side of the walled enclosure has a plurality of heat dissipating fins, unitarily formed with the heat sink, that extend outwardly beyond the wall's perimeter, at least one fin extends upwardly beyond the light source toward the illuminated space, and at least one through openings enable the flow of free air across at least two fins.