ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,362, issued on July 22, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Knob mechanism for gas cooktop" was invented by Sergio Ricardo Jager (Rio Claro, Brazil), Ledimara Mascarello (Joinville, Brazil) and Thomas Ponick (Joinville, Brazil).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A knob assembly for a gas cooktop may include a knob configured to control a flow of gas from a burner of a cooktop starting at an off position, a knob mechanism arranged between the knob and the cooktop, the knob mechanism including a first part arranged below an underside of the knob, and a second part connected to the first part via a spring mechanism, wher...