ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,840, issued on May 12, was assigned to FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA ELECTRICAL HEATING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. Ltd. (Foshan, China).

"Integrated stove" was invented by Huimin Wu (Foshan, China), Guomao Lei (Foshan, China), Zhiwei Peng (Foshan, China), Xiaokai Liu (Foshan, China), Yifan Zhang (Foshan, China), Taiyang Jiang (Foshan, China), Yehui Mo (Foshan, China), Wenhan Xiong (Foshan, China), Qiangqiang Yang (Foshan, China), Xingwen Deng (Foshan, China) and Feng Xie (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application provides an integrated stove. The integrated stove includes: a heating assembly for support and heat a c...