ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,256, issued on May 27, was assigned to GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Combustion device and cooking apparatus" was invented by Hanhua Zhou (Foshan, China), Wang Wang (Foshan, China) and Hu Jin (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application discloses a combustion device and a cooking apparatus. The combustion device includes a combustion assembly, the combustion assembly includes a first combustion assembly, and the first combustion assembly includes a box, a first combustor, a top plate and a fire splitting assembly. The box i...