ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,799, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to BSH Hausgeraete GmbH (Munich).

"Control method for refrigerator and refrigerator" was invented by Yong Tian (Nanjing, China), Qiwu Zhu (Chuzhou, China) and Weizhong Zhu (Chuzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for a refrigerator and a refrigerator are provided. The refrigerator includes a compartment, an evaporator, and a heating module. The method includes: acquiring a current temperature of the compartment; and adjusting an operating power of the heating module according to the current temperature, so that the heating module heats the compartment to a target temperature...