Patents Examined by Jianying C Atkinsson
  • Refrigerator and method of controlling a refrigerator
    Patent number: 11421934
    Abstract: A method for controlling a refrigerator includes determining whether an ice bin accommodated in an ice making compartment that receives cold air from the first storage compartment is full of stored ice, determining, by a controller, whether an algorithm that prevents the ice stored in the ice bin from melting needs to be performed upon determining that the ice bin is full, and performing the algorithm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
    Inventors: Youngseung Song, Namgi Lee, Namsoo Cho