The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2023
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Foshan, CN;
Inventors:
Vinayak Naik, Louisville, KY (US);
Eric L. Scalf, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/24 (2018.01); F25C 5/187 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F25C 1/24 (2013.01); F25C 5/187 (2013.01); F25C 2305/024 (2021.08); F25C 2500/08 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator utilizes an ice maker including a shut off arm position sensor capable of sensing a plurality of positions of a shut off arm. Doing so may enable, for example, false full or empty indications to be detected, and in some instances, enable detection of potentially fused ice in a storage bin.