Patent ID: 9447999
Filing Date: 2016-09-20
CPC Classification: B23P,F25B,F25C,F25D,Y02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A system for controlling operation of a refrigerator comprising: a. a refrigerator cabinet; b. a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet; c. a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet; d. an ice compartment disposed within and at an upper corner of the cabinet; e. an electronic control system associated with the refrigerator and adapted to monitor and control temperature in the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment and the ice compartment; f. a cooling sub-system for providing cooling to the fresh food, freezer, and ice compartments; g. a fresh food compartment temperature sensor associated with the fresh food compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; h. wherein the electronic control system includes a microprocessor which calculates a temperature value for each of the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment, and the ice compartment based on respective temperature set points associated with each of the fresh food compartment, freezer compartment, and ice compartment; i. wherein the electronic control system instructs the cooling sub-system to synchronize cooling between at least two of the ice compartment, the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment corresponds to the calculated temperature value of the at least one of the ice compartment, the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment.