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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2020
Applicant:

Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Inventors:

Andrea Malausa, Veneto, IT;

Matteo Simioni, Veneto, IT;

Assignee:

Electrolux Home Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25D 25/02 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); F25D 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 11/02 (2013.01); F25D 25/025 (2013.01); F25D 27/005 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); F25D 2400/36 (2013.01); F25D 2700/121 (2013.01);
Abstract

A refrigerator has a temperature-controlled drawer within a fresh food compartment that includes: a temperature sensor within the temperature-controlled drawer and/or the fresh food compartment; a display coupled to the drawer, wherein the display receives an output from the temperature sensor, determines what food type would be best suited for the temperature based on said temperature sensor output, and indicates what type of food it has determined is best for storage therein; at least one light within said drawer, wherein the at least one light changes to a first color, based on the food type indicated by the display, and turns off and on depending on whether the fresh food compartment door is closed or open, respectively.


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