US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on April 21 for "Transparent tinted coating for appliance exterior panels to allow for tinted surface patterns and a process for application of coating" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,920, issued on April 21, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Transparent tinted coating for appliance exterior panels to allow for tinted surface patterns and a process for application of coating" was invented by Richard L. Hammond (Mattawan, Mich.) and Jessica R. McConnell (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exterior panel for a kitchen appliance includes a metallic substrate having a predetermined surface pattern on at least one side of the metallic substrate, wherein the metallic substrate is formed to include a predetermined contour. A coating layer is an organic paint coating composition on...