US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on March 3 for "Magnetic compass interlock vessel detection and vessel recognition device" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,290, issued on March 3, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Magnetic compass interlock vessel detection and vessel recognition device" was invented by Samuel J. Bradley (Mundelein, Ill.), Edward James Haney (St. Joseph, Mich.), Andrew John Leitert (Eau Claire, Mich.) and Pravin R. Shewale (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food processing appliance includes a base configured to selectively receive a plurality of vessel types. At least one of the plurality of vessel types includes a first magnetic key that includes at least one magnet disposed in a first arrangement of magnets along at least two axes. A...