US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on April 21 for "Systems for touch foil alignment in appliances" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,610,432, issued on April 21, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems for touch foil alignment in appliances" was invented by Kyle Howell (Louisville, Ky.) and John Adam Yantis (Prospect, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooktop appliance includes a cooktop plate defining an upper cooking surface, and a plurality of heating elements. The cooktop appliance also includes a controller in operative communication with the plurality of heating elements, a user interface disposed on the cooktop plate, and a light guide positioned below the cooktop plate. The light guide includes a slot. The cooktop app...