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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2009
Kevin Lacey, Oak Park, IL (US);
Robert Alvord, Elmwood Park, IL (US);
Jim Kopec, St. Charles, IL (US);
Kevin Lacey, Oak Park, IL (US);
Robert Alvord, Elmwood Park, IL (US);
Jim Kopec, St. Charles, IL (US);
Diehl AKO Stiftung & Co. KG, Wangen, DE;
Abstract
A system and method for controlling automatic defrost of a refrigerator device adaptively moves the defrost cycle to a time period of comparatively low compressor activity based on an evaluation of compressor usage over a cyclically recurring time interval. An adaptive defrost controller (ADC) analyzes stored data to develop a profile for compressor activity vs. time. From this profile, high compressor activity times of the time interval are distinguished from low compressor activity times in the time interval and a defrost cycle is scheduled based on the results of the analyzed data.
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