US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on March 31 for "System and method for improved convection airflow in a cooking appliance" (Indian, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,707, issued on March 31, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"System and method for improved convection airflow in a cooking appliance" was invented by Fabio Bianchi (Cassinetta di Biandronno, Italy), Ankur Garg (Maharashtra, India), Dhiraj Jambuvant Gotekar (Maharashtra, India) and Satyabrata Dalai (Odisha, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven air circulation apparatus includes a first fan coupled to at least one motor that rotates about a first rotational axis in a first direction and a second fan that rotates about a second rotational axis in a second direction, opposite the first direction. A baffle w...