ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,062, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Blender assembly" was invented by Samuel James Bradley (Mundelein, Ill.) and Rebecca Katherine Kasner (St. Joseph, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A blender assembly includes a base, a heater assembly selectively coupled to the base and having a heating element and a biasing feature that biases the heating element away from the base, and a jar assembly selectively coupled to the heater assembly and having a jar and a heat transfer element coupled to the jar. Coupling the jar assembly to the heater assembly prompts the heat transfer element to contac...