US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Aug. 11 for "Filling ports for insulated structures incorporated within an appliance" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,315, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Filling ports for insulated structures incorporated within an appliance" was invented by Gustavo Frattini (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Abhay Naik (Stevensville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes an outer wrapper and an inner liner that form a structural cabinet having an insulating cavity defined between the inner liner and the outer wrapper. An elliptical insulation port is defined within the outer wrapper, wherein the elliptical insulation port is configured to allow passage of a cylindrical insulation conduit when the insulation co...