ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,499, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Oven appliance having one or more cooling airflow features" was invented by Ishan Prakashrao Chimurkar (Layfayette, Ga.), Frank Jacob Hellwig (East Ridge, Tenn.) and Willie D. Warren Jr. (Ringgold, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven appliance may include a cabinet, an insulated cooking chamber, and a plurality of internal ridge. The cabinet may include a plurality of outer panels. The cabinet may define an airflow path extending through the cabinet. The insulated cooking chamber may be disposed within the cabinet. The airflow path m...