US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on June 30 for "Refrigerator appliance including a water filter with wireless power transfer" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,797, issued on June 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Refrigerator appliance including a water filter with wireless power transfer" was invented by Bradford Gasior (Louisville, Ky.) and Gregory Sergeevich Chernov (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water filter for a refrigerator appliance including a transmitter power coil. The water filter includes a body forming a liquid receiving space; a filter material provided within the receiving space to filter water therethrough; a first antenna attached to the body, the first antenna facilitating a wireless communication between the re...