ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,660, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Foamed-in passthrough cover assembly" was invented by Rahul Subhash Chhajed (Stevensville, Mich.) and Abinash Sarma (Tinsukia, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum insulated appliance includes a cabinet with an outer wrapper and an inner liner coupled to the outer wrapper to define an insulation cavity. The cabinet defines a passthrough opening through the outer wrapper and the inner liner. A passthrough cover is coupled to the cabinet over the passthrough opening. The passthrough cover has a bottom wall defining at least one service hole. A pas...