ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,884, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Alternate pilot light ignition for gas powered appliances with electric ignition assembly" was invented by Chad Gettelfinger (Lawrenceburg, Ky.), Matthew Hendrix (Louisville, Ky.) and Andrew Combs (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ignition system for igniting a gas burner of an appliance includes a gas burner, an electric igniter assembly, a pilot light, and a controller. The pilot light is ignitable by the electric igniter assembly. The controller is configured to operate the electric igniter assembly for ignition of the g...