US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on Jan. 13 for "Deflector assembly for laundry appliance" (American, Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,967, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Deflector assembly for laundry appliance" was invented by Darryl C. Bodine (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Lorenzo Cordella (Lecce, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a cabinet with a front panel defining a front opening. A tub is disposed within the cabinet and has an access opening. The access opening is aligned with the front opening. A deflector has a rim and a chute. The rim is coupled to the front panel and extends along the front opening. The chute extends from the rim and toward the tub. A bellows is coupled to the deflecto...