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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2005
Art W. Scrivener, Louisville, KY (US);
Kristen Kamath, Palatine, IL (US);
Richard Devos, Goshen, KY (US);
William Newton, Brooks, KY (US);
Art W. Scrivener, Louisville, KY (US);
Kristen Kamath, Palatine, IL (US);
Richard DeVos, Goshen, KY (US);
William Newton, Brooks, KY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator includes a housing defining a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment, a fan configured to provide airflow through the compartments, and a damper assembly. The damper assembly includes an airflow passage configured to allow cold air to flow from the freezer compartment to the fresh food compartment, a damper configured to be in an open position under the pressure of airflow flowing through the airflow passage and in a closed position due to a weight of the damper when cold air is flowing through the fresh food compartment. The damper assembly also includes a solenoid element configured to maintain the damper in the closed position regardless of airflow.