ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,576, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to II-VI DELAWARE INC. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Ice formation" was invented by Joshua Moczygemba (Winona, Texas) and Jason Mefford (Garland, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The seed crystal chamber 142 may be located closer to the cold plate 112 than the mold chamber 137. The seed crystal chamber 142 may facilitate formation of a seed ice crystal from which the clear ice may form. By taking advantage of the lower thermal conductivity of water as compared to ice or aluminum, the seed crystal chamber 142 may further discourage the water in the mold chamber 137 from sub cooling and flash freezing as...