General Electric Company

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

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Alexander Pinkus Rafalovich

Eric Kent Watson

Richard DeVos

Martin Christopher Severance

Timothy Allen Hamel

Anthony A Cooper

Chris George Bissig

Rita Barksdale

Alex Fernando Lobos

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

An appliance includes a cabinet, a solid state lighting device assembly integrated in the cabinet, and a power controller coupled to the solid state lighting device assembly for supplying electrical power to the solid state lighting device lighting assembly. The power controller is configured to provide a pulse modulated power signal to the solid state lighting device assembly that has a duty cycle. Each solid state lighting device in the solid state lighting device assembly cycles on and off in accordance with duty cycle.

Appliance with an improved solid state device lighting

Growing community of inventors

Louisville, KY, United States of America

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