ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,270, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Refrigerator appliances and removable ice making assemblies" was invented by Bart Andrew Nuss (Fisherville, Ky.), Alan Joseph Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.) and Brent Alden Junge (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator or ice making assembly may include a housing and a mold assembly. The housing may define a receiving chamber in fluid communication with an air duct. The housing may extend transversely from a first housing end and a second housing end. The housing may define a first mounting slot at the first housing end...