US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on June 17 for "Flush-mount light assembly for a refrigerator appliance" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,987, issued on June 17, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Flush-mount light assembly for a refrigerator appliance" was invented by Nurein Ibrahim Ahmed (Louisville, Ky.), Kyle Andrew Kozinski (Louisville, Ky.), Philip Nehemiah Simons (Simpsonville, Ky.) and Mark Aaron Weaver (Crestwood, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a liner positioned within a cabinet, the liner having an inner liner surface that defines a chilled chamber and an aperture that passes through the liner. A light assembly is mounted to the liner and includes a light source positioned within a lig...