ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,027, issued on July 22, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Mounting assembly for a printed circuit board within an appliance control panel" was invented by Kyle James Brewer (Louisville, Ky.), Timothy David Kaiser (Louisville, Ky.), Michelle Diana Gross Berry (Louisville, Ky.) and Brian J. Morman (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control panel for an appliance defines a display direction and includes a printed circuit board defining a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface along the display direction, and a through hole passing through the printed circuit board f...