US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Aug. 26 for "Wireless power transfer to a door of a refrigerator appliance" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,223, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Wireless power transfer to a door of a refrigerator appliance" was invented by Jordan Andrew Waymeyer (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance having a cabinet defining a chamber and a rotatably hinged door to at least partially seal the chamber or provide access to the chamber. The cabinet includes a resonant LC circuit transmitter and the door includes a resonant LC receiver to transfer electric power from the cabinet to the door."

The patent was filed on Aug. 5, 2022, under Application No. 17/881,738.

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