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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Slawomir Pawel Bolek, Goshen, KY (US);
Charles Benjamin Miller, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet and rotatable between a closed position enclosing the chilled chamber and an open position providing access to the chilled chamber, and an ice making assembly mounted to the door of the refrigerator appliance. The ice making assembly includes an icemaker frame assembly mounted to the door and defining an ice making chamber, an ice tray mounted to the icemaker frame assembly and defining a plurality of mold cavities for receiving water that is formed into ice, a fill tube for selectively supplying the water into the ice tray, and a heating assembly comprising a heating element and a heat sink that are thermally coupled to the fill tube, wherein the heating element is selectively energized to heat the water flowing through the fill tube and the ice making chamber.