US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Dec. 9 for "Refrigerator appliance subcomponent mounting system" (American, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,859, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Refrigerator appliance subcomponent mounting system" was invented by Jesus Padilla Flores (Ramos Arizpe, Mexico) and Antonio Sanchez (Stevensville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet, a subcomponent, an anchor, and a fastener. The cabinet has a plurality of walls defining an internal storage chamber. The subcomponent is disposed within the internal storage chamber. The anchor is disposed on an opposing side of a first of the walls relative to the subcomponent. The anchor defines a plurality of orifices. The fas...