US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on March 31 for "Refrigerator and ice making assembly for producing high-quality ice" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,746, issued on March 31, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Refrigerator and ice making assembly for producing high-quality ice" was invented by Alan Joseph Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.), Choonjae Ryu (Prospect, Ky.) and Stephanos Kyriacou (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet, a door, an interior liner, an icemaker, a guide plate, and an electric heating element. The cabinet defines a chilled chamber. The door is movably mounted to the cabinet. The interior liner defines an icebox within the chilled chamber. The icemaker is mounted within the ice...