US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on Feb. 17 for "Glass breakage mitigation using silicone rubber or similar material" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,617, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Glass breakage mitigation using silicone rubber or similar material" was invented by Rodrigo Tamanini (Joinville, Brazil), Ramiro Ruthes Jr. (Joinville, Brazil), Luciano P. Nothen (Joinville, Brazil), Rodrigo Schultz (Joinville, Brazil), Javier M. Ballesteros (Joinville, Brazil) and Cristiano M. Diman (Rio Claro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glass cooktop includes a single planar glass substrate having an exposed upper surface and an interior lower surface. A perimeter is disposed about an outer edge of the single planar glass substrate. A gas...