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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 24, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2022
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Vinayak Naik, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric Scalf, Louisville, KY (US);
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a cabinet with one or more food compartments and one or more doors closing the food compartments and an ice maker located in the cabinet to produce ice. The ice maker includes a mold body for forming ice, the mold body having multiple cups, where each cup has an opening for receiving water to be frozen within the cup. The ice maker further includes a thermally conductive component located near a bottom surface of the cups. The thermally conductive component includes at least one heater that provides heat to the plurality of cups, so that the thermally conductive can distribute heat and facilitate a release of ice from the plurality of cups.