Whirlpool Corporation

Murilo P Almeida

Darci Cavali

Taylor Clark

Marcos Heinzle

Bruno A Boehringer

Dakota E Kosek

Mahalingappa Chudamani Mulimani

Vijaykumar Sathyamurthi

Benjamin G Jimenez

Victor S Carlotto

Joel Boeng

Omid Madani

Christopher C Cunningham

Navya Mastanaiah

A refrigerator includes a fresh food compartment and a mullion adjacent the fresh food compartment. The refrigerator further includes an evaporator compartment defining an exterior and an interior and containing an evaporator. The refrigerator also includes a duct in fluid communication with the evaporator compartment at a first end thereof and in communication with a second end adjacent an opening of the fresh food compartment. The duct has a first portion thereof that extends downwardly from the first end and a second portion extending through the mullion.

Augmented door bin cooling using a dedicated air duct in a dual-evaporator refrigerator configuration

An appliance includes a first compartment and a second compartment. A temperature of the first compartment is determined with a first temperature sensor, and a temperature of the second compartment is determined with a second temperature sensor. If the temperature of the first compartment is above a first predetermined value and the temperature of the second compartment is above a second predetermined value, a controller causes the appliance to enter a pulldown mode. Upon entering the pulldown mode, the controller causes a valve to enter a first position where refrigerant flows to a freezer evaporator and is prevented from flowing to a fresh food evaporator.

Appliance and method of controlling the appliance

A flipper mullion for an appliance includes an outer cover coupled to a hinge, wherein the outer cover is rotationally operable between an extended position and a folded position relative to the hinge. A gasket engages at least a fastening portion of the outer cover, wherein the gasket and the outer cover cooperate to define an outer surface, and wherein an interior surface of a flexible portion of the gasket defines an insulating space that is positioned opposite a front surface of the outer cover.

Low wattage flipper mullion

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St. Joseph, MI, United States of America

Murilo P Almeida