ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,321, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Cooling appliance including an air duct assembly with a sensing element" was invented by Ashish Modi (Istanbul), Veysel Tekce (Tekirdag, Turkey) and Necati Bora Gurel (Augsburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooling appliance includes a storage compartment for receiving goods to be cooled, and an air duct assembly in fluid communication with the storage compartment. The air duct assembly includes at least one air duct for suctioning the cool air from the storage compartment. A sensing element senses the temperature of the cool air of the storage compart...