ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,383, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Cooktop appliance with hermetically sealed temperature sensor" was invented by Paul Bryan Cadima (Crestwood, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooktop appliance includes a top panel with a gas burner disposed on the top panel. The cooktop appliance also includes a grate with a plurality of fingers. The grate is removably positioned above the gas burner. The plurality of fingers includes a sensor finger. The cooktop appliance also includes a hermetically sealed temperature sensor mounted to the sensor finger of the plurality of fingers ...