ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,288, issued on April 21, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Insulated structures and methods of making the same" was invented by Devidas Balu Raskar (St. Joseph, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulated structure includes a plurality of walls and a cavity defined by the plurality of walls. A core material is disposed within the cavity. The core material includes particles with a diameter that is in a range of 80-1600 micro metre. The core material disposed within the cavity can have a density in a range of greater than 350 kg/m3 to 600 kg/m3. Methods of manufacturing the insulated structure also disclo...