ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,085, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).

"Display unit and household appliance having a display unit" was invented by Shanshan Huang (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A display unit includes a display panel, a printed circuit board having at least one first light-emitting element configured to illuminate the display panel, and a light guide member having a light incident surface facing the first light-emitting element and a light outgoing surface facing a rear side of the display panel. The light outgoing surface is closer to an edge of the display panel than the light incident surface in a d...