General Electric Company

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Rita Barksdale

Timothy Allen Hamel

Chris George Bissig

Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich

Martin Mitchell Zentner

Eric Kent Watson

Jonathan Charles Crosby

Martin Christopher Severance

Anthony A Cooper

Telema Harry

Alex Fernando Lobos

John R Brumleve

Rajesh Swarnkar

Thomas F White

A system and method of managing energy use in a home, and more particularly to energy management of household consumer appliances, are provided. Existing appliances can be modified with add-on features or modules, and likewise new energy saving features and functions can be incorporated into new appliances. Communication among a home energy manager, an appliance, and a utility meter measures energy usage and/or a local generator controls operation of various appliances such as a refrigerator, washer, dryer, oven/range, microwave oven, dishwasher, HVAC system hot water heater, and the like.

Energy management of household appliances

A refrigerator includes a first compartment, a second compartment and a multi-functional compartment that is disposed between the first compartment and the second compartment and is adjustable between temperature modes selected from the group consisting of a fresh food temperature mode, a soft freeze mode, a freezer mode and a chiller temperature mode.

Refrigerator with a convertible compartment

Growing community of inventors

Louisville, KY, United States of America

Rita Barksdale