US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Feb. 24 for "Structured geometry for a tub rear wall of a laundry appliance" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,877, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Structured geometry for a tub rear wall of a laundry appliance" was invented by Marco Angelini (Folignano, Italy), Matteo Carnevale (Esanatoglia, Italy), Crescenzo Iannicelli (Sacile, Italy), Andrea Ienko (Ancona, Italy) and Stefano Turchi (Falconara Marittima, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tub for a laundry appliance, includes a rear wall having a bearing hub for receiving a drive shaft. A plurality of inner radial walls extend from the bearing hub to a convergence wall. A circumferential wall extends concentrically about the bearing hub to eng...