ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,000, issued on March 3, was assigned to MIELE & CIE. KG (Guetersloh, Germany).
"Downdraft ventilator, cooking system, and method for installation" was invented by Ingo Huester (Arnsberg, Germany), Ole Behrens (Arnsberg, Germany) and Harry Hopfauf (Soest, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A downdraft ventilator includes: at least one housing device for installation into least one cabinet body below at least one countertop; at least one vapor-collecting hood device having at least one intake opening for cooking vapors, and, when installed, the at least one vapor-collecting hood device at least partially extends through at least on...