ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,748, issued on July 14, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).
"Refrigeration appliance containing a retaining device" was invented by Veysel Tekce (Tekirdag, Turkey), Burak Cop (Tekirdag, Turkey) and Dogan Kilinc (Istanbul).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration appliance contains a heat-insulated body, a first wall delimiting an inner space of the appliance, an evaporator assembly having an evaporator and extending in a horizontal direction of the first wall, and a retaining device configured to be connected to the evaporator. The retaining device has a base plate for collecting and discharging condensed water at a lo...