ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,290, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ROBERTSHAW CONTROLS PRIVATE Ltd. (Maharashtra, India).
"Manual defrost mechanism" was invented by Vitthal Jagtap (Pimpri Pune-Pin Maharashtra, India), Ashok Lokhande (Bhosari Pune-Pin Maharashtra, India) and Giovanni Cerizza (Lodi, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A defrost mechanism which includes a first link cooperating with the actuating pin defined by a first end having a pivot and a second end fastened with a bellow lever, a second link defining a third end pivotably supported in said pivot and a fourth end slidably engaged in an adjusting lever and a switch configured to cut off powe...