US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Sept. 8 for "Vacuum port pressure sensor cover" (Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,905, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Vacuum port pressure sensor cover" was invented by Luiz A. Ferreira (Joinville, Brazil), Adalberto B. Junior (Joinville, Brazil), Jackeline Laurindo (Joinville, Brazil) and Marcel Lessa (Joinville, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes an appliance cabinet defining a compartment, and an appliance door operably coupled to the appliance cabinet. The appliance door includes a trim breaker, a door wrapper, and a door liner including studs coupled thereto. The door wrapper and the door liner are coupled to the trim breaker and define an ...