Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.

Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd.

Robert Charles Pfaffinger, Jr

Bo Yan

Michael Andrew Funk

Yayu Song

Rebekah Leigh Tyler

Jin Wu

Qianmao Zhou

Xiaoyang Jiang

Jun Teng

Lixin Zhou

An ice bucket for a refrigerator appliance, includes a bucket body; an auger provided inside the bucket and including an auger shaft rotatable about a first shaft axis and a collet at a first end of the auger shaft and including an axially beveled surface formed circumferentially around the auger shaft; and an agitator provided in the bucket in mechanical communication with the auger, the agitator including an agitator shaft rotatable about a second shaft axis non-parallel to the first shaft axis, a plurality of first tines extending radially from the agitator shaft within the bucket body to engage ice therein, and a projection that extends perpendicularly from the agitator shaft opposite the plurality of tines. The projection engages with the axially beveled surface to oscillate the agitator.

Ice bucket agitator and refrigerator appliance

A camera assembly for an oven appliance including an attachment mechanism, an arm, and a camera is provided. The attachment mechanism is configured for attachment to a handle of an oven appliance door. The arm extends from the attachment mechanism to the camera, and attaches to at least one of the camera or a housing, if provided. The camera records or transmits images of the oven cavity to, e.g., a user device allowing a user to monitor a doneness of any food items positioned within the oven appliance.

Oven camera assembly

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Robert Charles Pfaffinger, Jr