ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,191, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Valve assembly for use in a cooling appliance and cooling appliance having the valve assembly" was invented by Dogan Kilinc (Istanbul, Argentina), Erdem Sumer (Tekirdag, Argentina), Eser Velisan (Muratli, Argentina), Necati Bora Gurel (Augsburg, Germany), Veli Basarir (Tekirdag, Argentina) and Senol Gok (Tekirdag, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve assembly is used in a cooling appliance. The valve assembly contains a water-guiding body for draining water to the outside of the valve assembly. The water-guiding body has a longitudinal axis extending a...