Whirlpool Corporation

Maytag Corporation

Whirpool Corporation

Dean A Martin

Chad Jonathan Rotter

Scott William Leimkuehler

Kyle B Van Meter

Bill J Koons

Alvin V Miller

Tim L Coulter

Steven G Herndon

Lester J Ott

Kevin Lee Noel

Ron S Paulsen

Robert L Wetekamp

James H Jenkins

David Allen Stauffer

Thomas Edward Gose

Alan M Welch

Brent A Kramer

Mauro M Oliveira

Ronald E Haltmeyer

Bruce A Kopf

Lawrence J Ertz

Michael Allen Bowen

Anant Ravindra Karanjikar

Julia B Burke

Xiaoyong Fu

Jose Paulo Remor

Guadalupe Antonio Sanchez

Forrest F Wing

Eugene H Schuchert

James M Grace

Scott T Tunzi

Mauro M Oliveria

Xia Yong Fu

Ashish Dongarmal Gogad

Anant R Karanjikar

A refrigerator having an ice and water dispenser has a seal to sealingly engage the ice compartment when the refrigerator door is closed. The seal is flexible to accommodate manufacturing tolerance. The seal may be impregnated with a friction reducing agent to increase life of the seal.

Refrigerator with a water and ice dispenser having an improved ice chute air seal

A traveling harness system is provided for an appliance to maintain electrical connections between the appliance and a drawer, while allowing the drawer to move. Wiring harness guides formed in the drawer force the wiring harness to maintain a predictable and desirable loop radius to reduce stress on the wiring harness, which prevents the wiring harness from prematurely wearing.

Traveling harness system

An insulated icemaking compartment is provided in the fresh food compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. The icemaking compartment may be integrally formed with the liner of the fresh food compartment, or alternatively, may be modular for installation anywhere in the fresh food compartment. A removable bin assembly with a front cover normally seals the icemaking compartment to maintain the temperature in the compartment. A cold air duct formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaking compartment. A return air duct directs a portion of the air from the icemaking compartment back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaking compartment directs another portion of air into the fresh food compartment. A control system provides for controlling refrigerator functions in a manner that promotes energy efficiency.

Ice compartment assembly for refrigerator

A refrigerator is provided that includes a crisper system having one or more moveable and removable drawers. The drawers include rollers extending downwardly and outwardly from the drawers to provide maximum storage volume. The rollers are configured to work with channels formed in a support system, which may be integrally formed with a bottom floor of a compartment of the refrigerator. Therefore, the rollers and channels of the support system provide easy access and removability of the drawers of the crisper system.

Under mount roller for crisper system

Refrigerator with temperature control

An icemaking compartment is provided in the refrigerator compartment of a bottom mount refrigerator. An icemaker is within the icemaking compartment. A cold air duct supplies cold air from the freezer compartment to the icemaker. The cold air duct is formed in the rear wall of the refrigerator. A fan controls the flow of air through the cold air duct. A return air duct is provided to direct a portion of the air from the icemaker back to the freezer compartment. An air vent in the icemaker directs another portion of air into the refrigerator compartment.

Refrigerator with intermediate temperature icemaking compartment

Plural storage bin and bin carrier assembly for refrigerated appliance

Plural storage bin assembly for refrigerated appliance

Refrigerated appliance storage bin

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Solon, IA, United States of America

Dean A Martin