ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,032, issued on April 21, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Dishwasher with a housing" was invented by Scott Patrick Kokoska (South Bend, Ind.), Varun Dattatray Kuvalekar (Maharashtra, India) and Rafal Serniak (Zmigrod, Poland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes a chassis defining an interior. A tub is located within the interior and at least partially defines a treating chamber. The dishwasher further includes an electrical power bus having a plug. An appliance socket receives the plug from the electrical power bus. The dishwasher further yet includes a radio frequency interference (RFI) housi...