Patent ID: 7059142

Claim:
A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator compartment maintained at a predetermined refrigerator temperature; a freezer compartment maintained at a predetermined freezer temperature; a temperature controlled chamber provided in the refrigerator compartment, partitioned from a remainder of the refrigerator compartment; a cool air inlet port to introduce cool air from the freezer compartment into the temperature controlled chamber; a cool air outlet port to discharge the cool air from the temperature controlled chamber into the freezer compartment; a cooling fan positioned adjacent to the cool air inlet port, to forcibly circulate the cool air from the freezer compartment to the temperature controlled chamber; and an intake damper installed in the cool air inlet port to open and close the cool air inlet port, the intake damper comprising a thin plate that opens the cool air inlet port in response to the cool air flowing into the temperature controlled chamber when the cooling fan is operated, and closes the cool air inlet port in response to a stoppage of flow of the cool air when the cooling fan is stopped.