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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2019
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Eduardo Maldaun Barreto, Joinville, BR;
Vinicius Bianchezzi, Joinville, BR;
Rafael Bolzan, Joinville, BR;
Neomar Giacomini, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Veronica Marin, Joinville, BR;
Jucemar Medeiros, Joinville, BR;
Wendel O. Rossi, Joinville, BR;
Rafael Kiemo Pfau Santos, Joinville, BR;
Marcos Aurelio de Souza, Joinville, BR;
Gustavo Racy, Eindhoven, NL;
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining an exterior configured for resting on a surface and an interior and a plurality of feet coupled with the cabinet along a bottom surface thereof. The refrigerator also includes a plurality of load transducers disposed between and in opposing contact with the cabinet and respective ones of the feet. The refrigerator further includes electronic circuitry including a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to receive a signal corresponding with a gross weight of the cabinet from the plurality of load transducers and to determine the quantity of articles retained within the interior of the cabinet.