ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,281, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Icemaker appliance" was invented by Bo Yan (Wilmington, Del.), Yayu Song (Wilmington, Del.), Samuel Vincent DuPlessis (Wilmington, Del.) and Eric Muzzillo (Wilmington, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An icemaker appliance is provided, the icemaker appliance including an upper reservoir positioned above a lower reservoir along a vertical axis. The upper reservoir is positioned at least partially overlapping an icemaking vessel along the vertical axis. A pump is configured to flow water through a first conduit from the lower reservoir. A ...