US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Aug. 12 for "Feature for accelerating evacuation of a vacuum insulated structure" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,690, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Feature for accelerating evacuation of a vacuum insulated structure" was invented by Paul Bennett Allard (Coloma, Mich.), Sunil Shivaji Ekshinge (Pune, India), Chad Eric McCray (Stevensville, Mich.) and Jose Guizoni Jr. (Ypsilanti, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum insulated appliance includes a cabinet with an outer wrapper and an inner liner coupled to the outer wrapper. A vacuum insulated cavity is defined between the outer wrapper and the inner liner. A trim breaker is coupled to the outer wrapper and the inner liner and seals the vacuum ...