US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Dec. 30 for "Insulation compaction device and method for forming an insulated structure for an appliance" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,751, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Insulation compaction device and method for forming an insulated structure for an appliance" was invented by Gregory E. Bauman (Stevensville, Mich.), Lynne F. Hunter (Dorr, Mich.), Ryan D. Kannegieter (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Sai B. Krishna (Pune, India), Subrata Shannigrahi (St. Joseph, Mich.), Aaron M. Stewart (Niles, Mich.), Eric J. Dherde (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Lorraine J. Westlake (Eau Claire, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An insulation compaction device includes an insulating structure of an appliance and has an insulating media disposed with...