ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,985, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Gas burner assembly and cooktop appliance" was invented by Paul Bryan Cadima (Crestwood, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooktop appliance and a gas burner assembly are provided. The gas burner assembly is positioned at a top panel and includes an annular burner body positioned at a top surface of the top panel. The annular burner body forms a central combustion zone, a plurality of flame ports at the central combustion zone, and an annular mixing chamber upstream from the plurality of flame ports to permit a fuel-air mixture to flow int...