US Patent Issued to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR, HAIER SMART HOME on Feb. 17 for "Control method and device of ice making device as well as refrigerator" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,657, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Control method and device of ice making device as well as refrigerator" was invented by Bintang Zhao (Qingdao, China) and Bin Fei (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method and system of an ice making device as well as a refrigerator having the same. The control method includes receiving first detection data of a detection sensor on an ice-making water injection pipe after ice is turned over and before water is injected; judging whether ice exists in the ice-making water inj...