公开(公告)号：US20160161167A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-09

申请号：US15007580

申请日：2016-01-27

Applicant: General Electric Company

Inventor： Brent Alden Junge ,  Martin Christopher Severance ,  Russell J. Fallon ,  Eric Paez ,  Robert Thomas Mills ,  Ratnakar Sahasradbudhe ,  Joseph Thomas Waugh ,  Kristin Marie Weirich

IPC: F25C1/00 ,  F25C5/00

CPC classification number: F25C1/00 ,  F25B2600/11 ,  F25C5/22 ,  F25D17/065 ,  F25D21/08 ,  F25D23/04

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a main body defining a compartment, the compartment having an access opening and a first wall, a door supported by the main body for selectively closing at least part of the access opening, a sub-compartment on the door, the sub-compartment including a second wall having an opening, a heat exchanger supported by the first wall and positioned so that when the door is closed the heat exchanger is exposed to an interior of the sub-compartment through the opening. The heat exchanger includes a heat exchanging plate. A sealed refrigeration system contains a working medium for cooling the heat exchanger and has one or more segments attached to the heat exchanging plate. A fan is configured to force air over the heat exchanging plate and into the interior of the sub-compartment. A thermistor is coupled to the heat exchanging plate for monitoring a temperature of the heat exchanging plate. A controller is configured to adjust a speed of the fan in dependence of the temperature of the heat-exchanging plate detected by the thermistor.

Abstract translation: 冰箱包括限定隔室的主体，隔室具有进入开口和第一壁，由主体支撑的门，用于选择性地关闭进入开口的至少一部分，门上的分隔室， 隔室包括具有开口的第二壁，由第一壁支撑的热交换器，并且定位成使得当门关闭时，热交换器通过开口暴露于子隔室的内部。 热交换器包括热交换板。 密封的制冷系统包含用于冷却热交换器的工作介质，并且具有附接到热交换板的一个或多个段。 风扇构造成迫使空气流过热交换板并进入分隔室的内部。 热敏电阻耦合到热交换板，用于监测热交换板的温度。 控制器被配置为根据由热敏电阻检测到的热交换板的温度来调节风扇的速度。