US Patent Issued to GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING, MIDEA GROUP on July 14 for "Lock structure and cooking appliance" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,986, issued on July 14, was assigned to GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Lock structure and cooking appliance" was invented by Hongyu Liu (Foshan, China), Xin Zhang (Foshan, China) and Tian Tang (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lock structure and a cooking appliance are provided. The lock structure has a fixing member and a locking assembly. The locking assembly has a bearing member, a mount connected to the bearing member, a driving member, a first elastic member and a locking member. The bearing member is detachably connected to a sur...