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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
James Kerner, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet having a temperature-controlled compartment defined therein and a plurality of electrical connectors disposed at a plurality of shelf mounting positions within the temperature-controlled compartment. The refrigerator appliance also includes a plurality of adjustable shelves each carrying at least one light emitting diode (LED), where each of the plurality of adjustable shelves is removably mounted in one of the plurality of shelf mounting positions such that the at least one LED is electrically coupled to one of the plurality of electrical connectors. The refrigerator appliance further includes a power supply circuit that is electrically coupled to the plurality of electrical connectors and that is configured to selectively supply power to only a subset of the plurality of electrical connectors.