US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Feb. 17 for "Trim breaker with light-diffusing optical fiber for vacuum insulated structure" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,661, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Trim breaker with light-diffusing optical fiber for vacuum insulated structure" was invented by Stephen M. Miller (Benton Harbor, Mich.) and Devidas B. Raskar (Plymouth, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum insulated refrigerator includes a cabinet defining at least one compartment. The cabinet includes a wrapper, a liner assembly, and a trim breaker assembly coupled to the wrapper and the liner assembly. The trim breaker assembly defines a wrapper groove to receive an edge of the wrapper and at least one liner groove to receive at least one edg...