US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Aug. 26 for "Refrigeration appliance with a door projection to reduce thermal transfer at door and cabinet interface" (American, Brazilian, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,947, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Refrigeration appliance with a door projection to reduce thermal transfer at door and cabinet interface" was invented by John J. Burns (Saint Joseph, Mich.), Jackson F. Karl (Stevensville, Mich.), Marcel Lessa (Joinville, Brazil), Chad Rotter (Saugatuck, Mich.) and Sanket Vivek Phalak (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration appliance including: (a) a cabinet that includes a vacuum-insulated structure within which a refrigeration compartment configured to hold a food item is disposed; and (b) a door that includes a vacuum-insulated doo...