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Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2016
Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Namhun Kim, Seoul, KR;

Buhwan Ahn, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/02 (2006.01); F25B 13/00 (2006.01); F25D 11/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/022 (2013.01); F25B 13/00 (2013.01); F25B 49/025 (2013.01); F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 11/022 (2013.01); F25B 2400/06 (2013.01); F25B 2600/021 (2013.01); F25B 2700/2104 (2013.01); Y02B 30/741 (2013.01); Y02B 40/32 (2013.01);
Abstract

A control method for a refrigerator includes driving a refrigerator compartment compressor that is configured to cool a refrigerator compartment; determining whether a temperature in the refrigerator compartment satisfies a first temperature; driving, based on the determination that a temperature in the refrigerator compartment satisfies the first temperature, a freezer compartment compressor that is configured to cool a freezer compartment; stopping the refrigerator compartment compressor; maintaining, after stopping the refrigerator compartment compressor, operation of the freezer compartment compressor; restarting the refrigerator compartment compressor; and varying a driving frequency of the refrigerator compartment compressor.


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