Patent ID: 9285151
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: B23P,F25B,F25C,F25D,Y02B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. 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 the cabinet and positioned remotely from the freezer compartment, the ice compartment having an ice maker, an ice storage bin, and a variable speed icemaking fan disposed within the ice compartment; 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. an ice compartment temperature sensor associated with the ice compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; g. a fresh food compartment temperature sensor associated with the fresh food compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; h. a freezer compartment temperature sensor associated with the freezer compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; i. an ambient temperature sensor electrically connected to the electronic control system; and j. wherein the electronic control system generates an electrical cooling instruction for one of the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment, and the ice compartment dependent upon at least two of the sensed temperatures and a stored temperature set point for the said one of the fresh trod compartment, the freezer compartment, and the ice compartment; k. wherein the electronic control system maintains the ice compartment at a temperature at or below freezing and further wherein the electronic control system adjusts a temperature within the ice compartment by controlling an electronic control damper and the variable speed icemaking fan; and l. wherein a position of the electronic control damper and a speed of the variable speed icemaking fan are based, at least in part, on a preprogrammed ice maker state.