US Patent Issued on June 16 for "Hopper lighting for pellet grills" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,342, issued on June 16.

"Hopper lighting for pellet grills" was invented by Ethan Albrecht (Evanston, Ill.) and Gregory J. Dykes (Elmhurst, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hopper lighting for pellet grills is disclosed. An example pellet grill includes a hopper, a lighting module, and a controller. The hopper includes a pellet fuel storage compartment. The pellet fuel storage compartment is configured to contain pellet fuel. The lighting module includes a light source. The light source is configured to display light into, onto, or across the pellet fuel storage compartment when the light source is activated. The controller is con...