US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on July 22 for "Induction coil compression apparatus for beam assembly" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,232, issued on July 22, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Induction coil compression apparatus for beam assembly" was invented by Davide Parachini (Cassano Magnago, Italy) and Cristiano Vito Pastore (Camerio, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An induction cooking apparatus includes a panel forming a cooking surface and a bottom surface. The cooking surface is configured to support a cooking utensil. A housing is in connection with and disposed beneath the cooking surface. The housing forms an enclosure having an internal cavity. The enclosure includes a first side and a second side opposite the first side. A...