ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,432,822, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Cooktop appliance and dual wire sensor assembly" was invented by Eugenio Gomez (Louisville, Ky.) and Steven Michael Recio (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooktop appliance including a sensor assembly including a body, a centerbody, a sensor, a first wire, and a second wire is provided. The body forms a plenum, a first wire path, a second wire path, and a sensor cavity. The body forms the first wire path and the second wire path each extending from the plenum from a first end to the sensor cavity at a second end distal to...