US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on May 5 for "Battery terminal force reduction feature for battery operated cordless appliance" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,664, issued on May 5, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Battery terminal force reduction feature for battery operated cordless appliance" was invented by Antonius K. Aditjandra (St. Joseph, Mich.), Richard D. Arnold (St. Joseph, Mich.), Lynsey A. Howse (St. Joseph, Mich.), Rebecca K. Kasner (St. Joseph, Mich.), John J. Myers (Saugatuck, Mich.), Nicholas H. Schutte (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Yifan Wang (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes a housing that has an operable portion. A power receptacle is in electrical communication with the operable portion and has a high-friction interf...