US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Feb. 17 for "Icemaker appliance and method for operation to prevent frozen auger" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,652, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Icemaker appliance and method for operation to prevent frozen auger" was invented by Samuel Vincent DuPlessis (Louisville, Ky.), Bo Yan (Shanghai), Yayu Song (Shanghai) and Eric Muzzillo (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An icemaker appliance is provided, the appliance including a conduit fluidly coupling together a water reservoir, an icemaking vessel, and an ice reservoir. The appliance includes a pump configured to flow water through the conduit. The icemaking vessel includes an auger positioned at least partially within a ...