US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on June 16 for "Refrigerator appliance and method of operating the same during a vacation mode" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,053, issued on June 16, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Refrigerator appliance and method of operating the same during a vacation mode" was invented by Ronald Gary Foster (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet; at least one sensor positioned within the cabinet; and a controller operably coupled with the at least one sensor and configured to perform an operation including determining the refrigerator appliance is operating according to a predetermined operating mode; receiving a temperature signal from the at least one sensor; determining that ...