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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2018
Filed:
May. 16, 2011
Nihat Cur, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Alberto R. Gomes, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Luiz Antonio D. Lopes, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Guolian Wu, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Luciana Wasnievski Da Silva, Joinville, BR;
Nihat Cur, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Alberto R. Gomes, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Luiz Antonio D. Lopes, Peachtree City, GA (US);
Guolian Wu, Saint Joseph, MI (US);
Luciana Wasnievski Da Silva, Joinville, BR;
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator is provided that includes at least one freezer compartment and at least one refrigerator compartment, wherein the freezer compartment and the refrigerator compartment are defined by a plurality of interior surfaces. The refrigerator further includes a cooling module set (CMS) removably attached to at least one of the plurality of interior surfaces, wherein the CMS is configured to operate in any orientation of a plurality of orientations, and the CMS is further configured to be repositionable with respect to the plurality of interior surfaces to alter a shape of at least one of the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment.