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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 30, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 15, 2014
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventor:
Keith Wesley Wait, Louisville, KY (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 3/12 (2006.01); G05B 11/01 (2006.01); G05B 15/02 (2006.01); G05F 1/66 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 15/02 (2013.01); F25D 29/00 (2013.01); G05F 1/66 (2013.01); F25B 2500/06 (2013.01); F25D 2700/14 (2013.01); G05B 2219/2642 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for operating an appliance, such as a refrigerator appliance, is provided. The method includes establishing a location of the appliance, obtaining weather information associated with the location of the appliance, scheduling a predicted power loss event for the appliance based at least in part on the weather information from the step of receiving, and operating the appliance according to a power loss operating profile before or during the predicted power loss event. A related refrigerator appliance is also provided.