ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,582, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Refrigerator appliance chilled air system" was invented by Michael Goodman Schroeder (Crestwood, Ky.) and Brent Alden Junge (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a fresh food chamber and a freezer defined in the cabinet. A bridge chamber is defined in the cabinet between the fresh food chamber and the freezer chamber. The bridge chamber includes a first inlet and a first outlet in fluid communication with the fresh food chamber, as well as a second inlet and a second outlet in fluid...