Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

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Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.

Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd.

Ryan Joseph Thomas

Katherine Michelle Jansen

Joseph Thomas Waugh

Jeffrey Michael Colyer

Michael L Hyer

Anthony Guastella

Carlos Gonzalez Juarez

Ronald C Roberts

Scott P Crane

A refrigeration appliance, a controller, and a method for operating a three-compartment refrigeration appliance are provided. Operations include operating a cooling system to provide cooled air to a first compartment then operating the cooling system to provide cooled air to a second compartment. After operating the cooling system to provide cooled air to the second compartment, the operations include operating the cooling system to provide cooled air to the third compartment prior to deactivating the cooling system following operating the cooling system to provide cooled air to the second compartment.

Refrigeration appliance and method for three-compartment cooling

A refrigerator appliance includes a casing forming a receiving space, the casing defining a contact surface that contacts a door of the refrigerator appliance, and a sealed refrigerant system provided within the casing. The sealed refrigerant system includes a hot fluid portion positioned adjacent to the contact surface. The hot fluid portion includes a connector forming a planar heat transfer surface to transfer heat from the hot fluid portion to the contact surface.

Connector for increasing heat transfer between a refrigerant loop and a refrigerator appliance casing

A refrigerator appliance, as provided herein, may include a cabinet, a door, a dispensing assembly, a heating element, and a controller. The controller may be configured to initiate a dispensing operation. The dispensing operation may include providing a first time, TIME-1, by which a fluid is to be ready at a first temperature, TEMP-1, within the cabinet; ascertaining a first time period, &#x394;t1, required to heat the fluid to at least the first temperature, TEMP-1; initiating detection of a container within a dispenser recess prior to the first time, TIME-1; and directing a heating element prior to the first time, TIME-1, based on initiating detection of the container.

Refrigerator appliance with timed preheating for dispensed fluids

A refrigerator appliance having a cold brewed coffee system positioned within a chilled chamber of the refrigerator appliance is provided. In one example aspect, the system includes a housing defining a water reservoir and a coffee reservoir. The water reservoir is in fluid communication with a water supply via an inlet supply conduit. An inlet valve is positioned along the inlet supply conduit and selectively allows water into the water reservoir. The water within the water reservoir drips into the coffee reservoir where the water mixes with coffee materials received therein. Cold brewed coffee is produced within the coffee reservoir and may slowly drip into a coffee container positioned or docked beneath the housing.

Cold brewed coffee system in a refrigerator appliance

A refrigerator appliance includes a dispensing assembly mounted to a dispenser recess for providing a flow of water. The dispensing assembly includes a flexible hose that is movable between an extended position and a retracted position and a retraction mechanism for urging the flexible hose toward the retracted position. A dispensing nozzle is fluidly coupled to an end of the flexible hose and is mounted to an external container by a mechanical clip. The flow of water may be activated by a button or voice activation system.

Dispensing assembly for a refrigerator appliance

A size-adjustable windshield wiper assembly includes a flexible vertebra, a wiper strip, and a curved spline. The flexible vertebra has scores on an upper side of the flexible vertebra for enabling a user to size the flexible vertebra to a desired size. The wiper strip may include grooves for connecting the wiper strip to the flexible vertebra. The curved spline is inserted into a cavity between the underside of the flexible vertebra and the wiper strip, thereby causing the flexible vertebra to form a curve shape such that the wiper strip is capable of closely hugging a surface of a windshield.

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Ryan Joseph Thomas