ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,885, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Water filtration assembly and freeze prevention" was invented by Louis A. Wantland (Louisville, Ky.), Bradley Nicholas Gilkey (Louisville, Ky.) and Charles Benjamin Miller (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An under-counter water filtration assembly, including methods for performing the same, may include a filter housing, a filter element, and a powered water valve. The filter housing may define an inlet port, a filtered outlet port, and an unfiltered outlet port. The filtered outlet port and the unfiltered outlet port may be...