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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2012
Yen Hsi Lin, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Cristian A. Soto, Three Oaks, MI (US);
Andrew M. Tenbarge, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Yen Hsi Lin, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Cristian A. Soto, Three Oaks, MI (US);
Andrew M. Tenbarge, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, MI (US);
Abstract
An ice maker of a domestic refrigerator that includes an ice mold having an electrically-conductive polymeric body and a plurality of cavities defined in the polymeric body. Each cavity is sized to receive a quantity of fluid corresponding to a single ice cube. A pair of electrodes is engaged with a bottom surface of the polymeric body. The polymeric body has a first electrical conductivity at a first operating temperature and a second electrical conductivity that is less than the first electrical conductivity at a second operating temperature. The second operating temperature is greater than the first operating temperature.