US Patent Issued to Electrolux Consumer Products on July 29 for "Ventilation system for a cooking appliance" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,250, issued on July 29, was assigned to Electrolux Consumer Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Ventilation system for a cooking appliance" was invented by Vinayak Reddy Perugu (Nashville, Tenn.) and Sooraj Puthiyaveetil (Hendorsonville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a cabinet; a cooking chamber positioned within the cabinet; a cooling duct positioned within the cabinet above the cooking chamber and configured to accommodate a main cooling airflow therethrough, the cooling duct defining a main inlet at a front of the appliance, an outlet at a rear of the appliance, and one or more auxiliary inlets di...