US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Nov. 3 for "Refrigerator appliance self-optimizing control scheme" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,023, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Refrigerator appliance self-optimizing control scheme" was invented by Michael Goodman Schroeder (Crestwood, Ky.) and Brent Alden Junge (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a refrigerator appliance includes operating a compressor within a sealed cooling system for a first portion of a period of time and deactivating the compressor for a second portion of the period of time. The method also includes measuring a temperature at an evaporator of the sealed system while operating the compressor for the first portio...