US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Feb. 24 for "Ventilation system for cooking appliance" (Brazilian, American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,335, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Ventilation system for cooking appliance" was invented by Zachary J. Bruin-Slot (Baroda, Mich.), Massimiliano Daniele (Cassinetta, Italy), Robert Scott Donarski (St. Joseph, Mich.), Emilio Fagundes (St. Joseph, Mich.), Gregory Tadeu Gargioni (St. Joseph, Mich.), Vando Sestrem (Joinville, Brazil) and Yasmim Silvano (Joinville, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a housing having a heating cavity defined therein, wherein a heat source is in thermal communication with the heating cavity. A cooling channel is disposed proximate...