A refrigerator comprises a fresh food compartment and a freezer compartment and one or more power consuming features/functions including a refrigeration system for cooling the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment. A controller is operatively connected to the one or more power consuming features/functions. The controller is configured to receive and process a signal indicative of current state of an associated energy supplying utility. The controller operates the refrigerator in one of plurality of operating modes, including at least a normal operating mode and an energy savings mode, in response to the received signal. The controller is configured to at least one of selectively schedule, delay, adjust and deactivate at least one of the one or more power consuming features/functions to reduce power consumption of the refrigerator in the energy savings mode.
申请公布号
CA2723154(C)
申请公布日期
2016.09.13
申请号
CA20092723154
申请日期
2009.09.15
申请人
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
发明人
BESORE, JOHN K.;DEVOS, RICHARD;DRAKE, JEFF DONALD;FINCH, MICHAEL F.;FOSTER, RONALD GARY;FRANKS, DARIN;NEWTON, WILLIAM;ROOT, STEVEN KEITH;VENKATAKRISHNAN, NATARAJAN;WATSON, ERIC K.;WORTHINGTON, TIMOTHY DALE