ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,820, issued on July 15, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Cooktop including a single input control of multiple heating elements" was invented by Paul Bryan Cadima (Crestwood, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooktop appliance may include a first gas heating element, a second gas heating element, a first supply valve, a second supply valve, a first supply valve, a second supply line, a first bypass line, a second bypass line, a supplemental valve, and a controller. The first supply line may extend between a first supply valve and the first gas heating element. The second supply line may extend ...