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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 17, 2021
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 11/02 (2006.01); F25B 41/20 (2021.01); F25B 45/00 (2006.01); F25B 49/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25B 49/02 (2013.01); F25B 41/20 (2021.01); F25B 45/00 (2013.01); F25D 11/022 (2013.01); F25B 2400/19 (2013.01); F25B 2500/19 (2013.01); F25B 2600/024 (2013.01); F25B 2600/2515 (2013.01); F25B 2700/151 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method controls a refrigerator. The refrigerator includes a compressor that includes a piston and uses refrigerant as lubricant for the piston, and the method includes determining an end time point of a refrigerant recovery operation based on a driving input value of the compressor to thereby reducer abrasion of the piston and power consumption.