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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2019
Qingdao Haier Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Qingdao, CN;
Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd., Qingdao, CN;
Mingyong Liu, Qingdao, CN;
Ning Wang, Qingdao, CN;
Shidong Li, Qingdao, CN;
Yuan Wang, Qingdao, CN;
Heng Zhang, Qingdao, CN;
QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Qingdao, CN;
HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., Qingdao, CN;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a refrigerator and a control method thereof. The refrigerator comprises a door body with an inner door and an outer door, a locking mechanism for locking the outer door, an unlocking mechanism for unlocking the outer door, and a detection unit for detecting an open state and a closed state of the inner door. The present disclosure avoids damages caused by collision between the inner door and the outer door when the outer door is opened, and also avoids simultaneous opening of the inner door and outer door and facilitates the user to use and achieves an energy-saving effect.