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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Nov. 16, 2023
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Alan Joseph Mitchell, Louisville, KY (US);
Choonjae Ryu, Prospect, KY (US);
Stephanos Kyriacou, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet, a door, an interior liner, an icemaker, a guide plate, and an electric heating element. The cabinet defines a chilled chamber. The door is movably mounted to the cabinet. The interior liner defines an icebox within the chilled chamber. The icemaker is mounted within the icebox. The guide plate is horizontally offset from the icemaker within the icebox. The guide plate defines a convection channel extending generally along a vertical direction from a channel inlet to a channel outlet disposed above the channel inlet. The electric heating element is disposed along the convection channel to heat air therein.