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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 29, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2022
Applicant:
Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Yongbum Cho, Seoul, KR;
Dong Hwi Kim, Seoul, KR;
Hyeonseong Lee, Seoul, KR;
Sunghee Kang, Seoul, KR;
Assignee:
LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/04 (2005.12); F25D 17/06 (2005.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25D 17/045 (2012.12); F25D 17/065 (2012.12); F25D 2700/12 (2012.12);
Abstract
A refrigerator and a method of controlling an operation thereof are proposed. In the refrigerator and method thereof, heat control of heaters for preventing a damper from freezing is performed according to at least any one condition set in consideration of a room temperature and refrigerator internal humidity. Accordingly, consumption of power due to unnecessary heat generation of the heaters may be reduced, thereby improving the power consumption.