公开(公告)号：US11965771B2

公开(公告)日：2024-04-23

申请号：US16366348

申请日：2019-03-27

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Eduardo Maldaun Barreto ,  Vinicius Bianchezzi ,  Rafael Bolzan ,  Neomar Giacomini ,  Veronica Marin ,  Jucemar Medeiros ,  Wendel O. Rossi ,  Rafael Kiemo Pfau Santos ,  Marcos Aurelio de Souza ,  Gustavo Racy

IPC: G01G19/414 ,  F25D23/00 ,  F25D29/00 ,  G06Q10/087

CPC classification number: G01G19/414 ,  F25D23/00 ,  F25D29/005 ,  G06Q10/087 ,  F25D2331/803 ,  F25D2331/805 ,  F25D2400/38 ,  F25D2500/06 ,  F25D2700/06

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining an exterior configured for resting on a surface and an interior and a plurality of feet coupled with the cabinet along a bottom surface thereof. The refrigerator also includes a plurality of load transducers disposed between and in opposing contact with the cabinet and respective ones of the feet. The refrigerator further includes electronic circuitry including a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to receive a signal corresponding with a gross weight of the cabinet from the plurality of load transducers and to determine the quantity of articles retained within the interior of the cabinet.

公开(公告)号：US20190301923A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16366348

申请日：2019-03-27

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Eduardo Maldaun Barreto ,  Vinicius Bianchezzi ,  Rafael Bolzan ,  Neomar Giacomini ,  Veronica Marin ,  Jucemar Medeiros ,  Wendel O. Rossi ,  Rafael Kiemo Pfau Santos ,  Marcos Aurelio de Souza ,  Gustavo Racy

IPC: G01G19/414 ,  F25D29/00 ,  G06Q10/08 ,  F25D23/00

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining an exterior configured for resting on a surface and an interior and a plurality of feet coupled with the cabinet along a bottom surface thereof. The refrigerator also includes a plurality of load transducers disposed between and in opposing contact with the cabinet and respective ones of the feet. The refrigerator further includes electronic circuitry including a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to receive a signal corresponding with a gross weight of the cabinet from the plurality of load transducers and to determine the quantity of articles retained within the interior of the cabinet.