US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on Jan. 20 for "Water fill drawer with structures to prevent backflow of steam" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,481, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Water fill drawer with structures to prevent backflow of steam" was invented by Amol Shailendra Gode (Pune, India), Dheeraj Nandkishor Malewadkar (Pune, India), Sachin Goverdhanrao Nilawar (Pune, India), Vishal Jaywantrao Patil (Pune, India), Saumil Rajeshkumar Shah (Pune, India), Jeevan M. Yadav (Pune, India) and Bharadwaj J. (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven includes a water fill assembly including a holder having a receiver fixed therewith and a drawer body defining a water-receiving cavity, an opening to the water-receiving cavit...