ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,645, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Wire and conduit mounting harness assemblies for a refrigerator appliance" was invented by Daniel Roth (Clarksville, Ind.) and Jeremy Joseph Ryan (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet defining a chilled chamber, door being rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber, a harness housing mounted to the cabinet and defining a conduit adapter, and a waterline conduit routed through the cabinet, the waterline conduit defining a connecting portion for rec...