US 12,222,151 B2
Refrigerator and ice making method thereof
Xiaofen Long, Foshan (CN); Huimin Yao, Foshan (CN); Yuhua Guo, Foshan (CN); and Yubo Lu, Foshan (CN)
Assigned to HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
Appl. No. 17/792,035
Filed by HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., Guangdong (CN)
PCT Filed Nov. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/CN2021/130754
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 11, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/262185, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 202110658712.2 (CN), filed on Jun. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0068730 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. F25C 5/20 (2018.01); F25C 1/25 (2018.01)
CPC F25C 5/22 (2018.01) [F25C 1/25 (2018.01); F25C 2400/10 (2013.01); F25C 2600/04 (2013.01); F25C 2700/02 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A refrigerator, comprising:
a refrigerator body including a storage compartment;
a door body pivotally connected with the refrigerator body to open or close the storage compartment;
an ice making apparatus including a plurality of ice makers; and
a controller configured to control at least one of the plurality of ice makers to make ice according to an ice making request; wherein
the plurality of ice makers include a first ice maker and a second ice maker, and the ice making request includes:
an ice making request for the first ice maker and the second ice maker to cause the controller to turn on the first ice maker and the second ice maker; and
after the first ice maker and the second ice maker are turned on, the controller is further configured to:
determine a first water injection amount of the first ice maker and a second water injection amount of the second ice maker according to a preset ice making amount;
obtain a first water injection time of the first ice maker;
calculate a second water injection time of the second ice maker based on the first water injection amount, the second water injection amount and the first water injection time; and
control water injection of the second ice maker according to the second water injection time.