US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Aug. 19 for "Pivoting camera assembly for a refrigerator appliance" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,108, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Pivoting camera assembly for a refrigerator appliance" was invented by Steven Keith Root (Buckner, Ky.) and Michael Goodman Schroeder (Crestwood, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a liner positioned within a cabinet and having an inner liner surface that defines a chilled chamber. A door is rotatably hinged to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chilled chamber and a camera assembly is mounted to the liner for monitoring the chilled chamber. The camera assembly includes a camera housing, a camer...