US Patent Issued to MIDEA GROUP on Sept. 22 for "Refrigerator dispenser control including integrated dispense level input sensor" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,859, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Refrigerator dispenser control including integrated dispense level input sensor" was invented by Michael Gaunt (Louisville, Ky.), Gregory Butorin (Louisville, Ky.) and Eric L. Scalf (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator dispenser may include a dispenser control that includes an integrated dispense level input sensor through which a user can indicate a desired dispense level for an automatic dispense operation performed with the refrigerator dispenser. With such a dispenser control, a user may, for example, direct user input to...