ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,619, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Cooking appliance having a ventilation system" was invented by David Vehslage (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a ventilation system having a duct in fluid communication with a vent opening defined in a cooking surface. A set of first louvers and a set of second louvers are disposed in the duct and selectively moveable between a respective first position and second position. A blower motor with a selectable speed of operation is in fluid communication with duct. A controller module is operative to receive a...