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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2024
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Brent Alden Junge, Louisville, KY (US);
Michael Goodman Schroeder, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance may include a cabinet, a fresh food door, a freezer door, and a sealed refrigerant system. The cabinet may include an internal liner defining a freezer chamber and a fresh food chamber. The fresh food door may be attached to the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the fresh food chamber. The freezer door may be attached to the cabinet to selectively restrict access to the freezer chamber. The sealed refrigerant system may include a refrigerant loop, a compressor disposed along the refrigerant loop, a condenser disposed along the refrigerant loop downstream from the compressor, a freezer evaporator mounted at the freezer chamber in fluid communication between the condenser and the compressor, a fresh food evaporator mounted at the fresh food chamber in fluid communication between the condenser and the compressor, and a bypass valve or electric heating element disposed on the freezer evaporator.