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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 03, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2023
Applicant:
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Christopher Hayward Osborne, Louisville, KY (US);
Timothy Ray Jackson, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/02 (2006.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/028 (2013.01); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); H04R 1/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a door being rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber, a dispensing assembly mounted to the door and defining a dispenser recess, a control panel mounted to a front of the door, and a speaker assembly mounted within the door behind the control panel, wherein the speaker assembly comprises a speaker that is oriented downward along the vertical direction into the dispenser recess.