US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on June 16 for "Cooking appliance having a flue" (Michigan, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,992, issued on June 16, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Cooking appliance having a flue" was invented by Jessica Buschman (St. Joseph, Mich.), Timothy Patrick VanAntwerp (St. Joseph, Mich.) and James R. Chisholm (Libertyville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a housing with a cooktop thereon. An oven is defined within the housing and is accessible via a door. A console extends upward from the cooktop and includes a front side that has a user interface and a rear side that is opposite the front side. A flue is configured to convey air from the oven cavity to the rear side of the...