ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,051, issued on June 24, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).
"Refrigerator with a thermally conductive component with heater for ice maker" was invented by Vinayak Naik (Louisville, Ky.) and Eric Scalf (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet with one or more food compartments and one or more doors closing the food compartments and an ice maker located in the cabinet to produce ice. The ice maker includes a mold body for forming ice, the mold body having multiple cups, where each cup has an opening for receiving water to be frozen within the cup. The ice maker further inclu...