US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on June 10 for "Illuminated discretized user interface with uniform appearance" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,263, issued on June 10, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Illuminated discretized user interface with uniform appearance" was invented by Kyle Andrew Kozinski (Louisville, Ky.), Kyle Howell (Louisville, Ky.) and Zachary Tencza (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface assembly and a cooktop appliance having the user interface assembly is provided. The user interface assembly includes a panel with a display portion, a plurality of light sources, a diffusion stack representing the display, and a light guide having light channels to guide light from the sources through the diff...