ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,395, issued on April 21, was assigned to LIEBHERR-HAUSGERATE OCHSENHAUSEN GMBH (Ochsenhausen, Germany).

"Heat insulating element" was invented by Jochen Hiemeyer (Karlstadt, Germany), Lukas Limbach (Veitshoechheim, Germany) and Michael Freitag (Thuengersheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a heat insulating element (1) comprising: a plate-type main part (2) with a first flat face and a second flat face and comprising a vacuum insulating body (3), in particular a foil-encased vacuum insulating body which is arranged between the first flat face and the second flat face, wherein the first flat face and ...