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Patent No.:

US 10078020 B1

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Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2013
Applicant:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jose Paulo Remor, Stevensville, MI (US);

Joao Eduardo Santana-Borges, Joinville, BR;

Assignee:

Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 1/08 (2006.01); G01K 13/00 (2006.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01); G01K 7/01 (2006.01); F24C 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01K 13/00 (2013.01); F24C 15/008 (2013.01); F25D 27/005 (2013.01); G01K 7/01 (2013.01); F25D 2700/12 (2013.01); F25D 2700/123 (2013.01); G01K 2207/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and apparatus to determine home appliance cabinet temperatures using light emitting diodes (LEDs) are disclosed. An example home appliance includes a cabinet, a lighting system disposed in the cabinet having one or more LEDs to provide lighting in the interior of the cabinet, and a circuit electrically coupled to the lighting system and programmed to determine a temperature inside the cabinet based on a characteristic of the one or more LEDs of the lighting system.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Remor, Jose. (2018). Methods and apparatus to determine home appliance cabinet temperature using a light emitting diode (led) (U.S. Patent No. 10078020). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10078020

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