ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,880, issued on May 12, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Infused ice maker appliance" was invented by Alan Joseph Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.) and Vineeth Vijayan (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker appliance includes an additive dispensing assembly and a mold body. The additive dispensing assembly includes an additive cup configured to receive a volume of liquid additive and a dispensing tube. The ice maker appliance also includes a fill tube. The dispensing tube is aligned with the fill tube whereby the liquid additive from the dispensing tube mixes with a flow of liquid wa...