Refrigerator appliances and ice making assemblies having one or more ice ejection cams

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United States of America

PATENT NO 12222149
APP PUB NO 20240263862A1
SERIAL NO

18163586

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A refrigerator appliance or ice making assembly may include an ice mold, a heat exchanger, a lifter arm, and a cam shaft. The ice mold may define a mold cavity for receiving water. The heat exchanger may be in thermal communication with the ice mold to freeze the water and form one or more ice cubes therein. The lifter arm may be disposed below the ice mold and movable relative to the mold cavity along a channel path between a lowered position and a raised position to raise ice cubes within the mold cavity. The cam shaft may include a rotating cam lobe slidably engaged with the lifter arm to direct the lifter arm between the lowered position and the raised position. The cam shaft may be rotatable about a cam axis horizontally offset from the channel path.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • HAIER US APPLIANCE SOLUTIONS, INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Junge, Brent Alden Louisville, US 147 651
Mitchell, Alan Joseph Louisville, US 120 1038
Nuss, Bart Andrew Fisherville, US 50 225

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