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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Oct. 12, 2023
Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Guangdong, CN;
Chunhua Yang, Guangdong, CN;
Huimin Yao, Guangdong, CN;
Yuhua Guo, Guangdong, CN;
Xiaofen Long, Guangdong, CN;
Zhidong Li, Guangdong, CN;
Guisheng Chen, Guangdong, CN;
Tengchang Li, Guangdong, CN;
Jinying Yang, Guangdong, CN;
Sheng Chen, Guangdong, CN;
Yanwu Fan, Guangdong, CN;
Yumin Liu, Guangdong, CN;
Dongning Zhi, Guangdong, CN;
Jiawei Zhu, Guangdong, CN;
Lei Huang, Guangdong, CN;
HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Foshan, CN;
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body, an ice maker, a refrigeration cycle system, and a controller. The refrigerator body includes a chamber. The ice maker is located in the chamber and is configured to make ice. The ice maker includes two refrigerant pipes. The refrigeration cycle system includes a compressor, a condenser, and two cooling flow paths. The two cooling flow paths are connected to the two refrigerant pipes, respectively, and the two cooling flow paths are configured to cool the ice maker. The controller is configured to control the compressor to be turned on or off and control the two cooling flow paths to open or be closed, so as to cool the ice maker through at least one of the two refrigerant pipes.