ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,336, issued on July 21, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Vacuum insulated structure product and side trim installation" was invented by Vishal Brahmanand Chauhan (Palghar, India), Narendra Ashok Kapure (Pune, India), Mandar Gopalkrushna Kulkarni (Pune, India), Rahul Sadanand Kumbhare (Gadchiroli, India), Anup Bapu More (Pimpri Chinchwad, India) and Manjunathraddi Shivaraddi Navalgund (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum insulated appliance includes a cabinet with a wrapper, a liner, and a vacuum insulated cavity defined between the wrapper and the liner. A pair of tap plate assemblies are coupl...