Refrigerator appliance

摘要

A refrigerator appliance is provided. The refrigerator appliance includes a printed circuit board positioned within a door of the refrigerator appliance above a dispenser recess of the refrigerator appliance. An orthogonal light emitting device is mounted to the printed circuit board and is configured for directing light into the dispenser recess.

主权项

1. A refrigerator appliance, the refrigerator appliance defining a vertical direction and a transverse direction, the refrigerator appliance comprising:
a cabinet that defines a chilled chamber for receipt of food items for storage; a door rotatably mounted to said cabinet for permitting selective access to the chilled chamber of said cabinet, said door defining a dispenser recess; a printed circuit board positioned within said door, said printed circuit board positioned adjacent the dispenser recess of said door; and an orthogonal light emitting device mounted to said printed circuit board and configured for directing light into the dispenser recess of said door, wherein said orthogonal light emitting device comprises a side-firing light emitting diode (LED), a top-view LED with a light redirecting device, or a reverse-mount LED with a light redirecting device.