Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

General Electric Company

Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.

Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd.

Bradford Gasior

Gregory Sergeevich Chernov

Andrew Reinhard Krause

Natarajan Venkatakrishnan

Daniel Joseph Russell

Jose Rafael Padron

Rushikesh Nandkumar Salvi

Anthony William Simpson

Kenneth Maurice Jackson

David Mynderse

A filter cartridge includes a casing. A filter medium is disposed within the casing. A radio-frequency identification, RFID, tag is positioned on the casing. A leak detection pad is positioned on the casing. The RFID tag is in communication with the leak detection pad. The RFID tag is configured to transmit a leak detection signal in response to a liquid at the leak detection pad.

Filter assembly with leak detection features

A refrigerator appliance with a freezer chamber in fluid communication with a duct door of a dispenser assembly of the refrigerator appliance. Upon a proximity sensor detecting a user within a proximity range, the duct door is opened to reduce the pressure differential between the freezer chamber and the surrounding ambient air, thereby reducing the opening force required to open the freezer door.

Refrigerator appliance and method with reduced freezer door opening force

A filter assembly for authenticating a filter cartridge includes a filter housing and an optical scanner mounted to the filter housing. A controller uses the optical scanner to take one or more digital images of the filter cartridge and obtain digital coded data identifying the filter cartridge. Specifically, the controller locates a functional locator on the filter cartridge, determines a location of an identifying region on the filter cartridge, reads the digital coded data by interrogating the identifying region with the optical scanner, and determines that the filter cartridge is authentic based at least in part on the digital coded data.

Method for authenticating a filter cartridge for a refrigerator appliance

The present subject matter provides a system and a method for detecting liquid water. The method includes establishing signal communication between an RFID tag and an RFID reader, monitoring the signal communication between the RFID tag and the RFID reader and determining that liquid water is disposed between the RFID tag and the RFID reader or on the RFID tag if the signal communication between the RFID tag and the RFID reader is disrupted, interrupted or terminated.

System and a method for detecting liquid water

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