US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Aug. 19 for "Door hinge for a laundry appliance having a sheet metal hinge and an integrated rotation limiting device" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,078, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Door hinge for a laundry appliance having a sheet metal hinge and an integrated rotation limiting device" was invented by Ethan Harbrecht (Laporte, Ind.), Arunkumar Harikrishnasamy (Stevensville, Mich.), Tushar S. Jadhav (Pune, India) and Ravindra B. Salunkhe (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes an outer cabinet having a front aperture for accessing a processing space. A door selectively engages the front aperture in a closed position to enclose the processing space. A hinge includes a cabinet mount attached to the out...