Patent ID: 7591141
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: F25B,F25C,F25D,Y02B

Abstract:
1. A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator cabinet; a fresh food compartment disposed within the cabinet; a freezer compartment disposed within the cabinet; an ice compartment disposed within the cabinet; 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; an ice compartment temperature sensor associated with the ice compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; a fresh food compartment temperature sensor associated with the fresh food compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; a freezer compartment temperature sensor associated with the freezer compartment and electrically connected to the electronic control system; an ambient temperature sensor electrically connected to the electronic control system; and wherein the electronic control system includes a microprocessor adapted for calculating a desired performance temperature for each of the fresh food compartment, the freezer compartment, and the ice compartment using a correlation.