ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,171, issued on March 25, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Ice making assembly for a refrigerator appliance" was invented by Alan Joseph Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet with a door rotatably mounted to the cabinet. The refrigerator appliance also includes an ice making chamber defined in one of the cabinet and the door. An ice making assembly and an ice storage bin are positioned within the ice making chamber. The refrigerator appliance further includes an infrared emitter mounted to a movable part of the ice making assembly and...