US Patent Issued to Electrolux Consumer Products on Sept. 9 for "Direct cooling ice maker with cooling system" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,961, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Electrolux Consumer Products Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Direct cooling ice maker with cooling system" was invented by Zhuochen Shi (Clemson, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration appliance includes a fresh food compartment for storing food items in a refrigerated environment having a target temperature above 0deg C., a freezer compartment for storing food items in a sub-freezing environment having a target temperature below 0deg C., a system evaporator for providing a cooling effect to at least one of the fresh food compartment and the freezer compartment, and an ice maker disposed...