ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,973, issued on June 17, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Refrigerator with anti-condensation features" was invented by Paul B. Allard (Coloma, Mich.) and Sanjesh Kumar Pathak (Stevensville, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of controlling condensation on an appliance includes the steps of (1) providing a refrigerator having a refrigerant circuit with a heat loop, wherein the heat loop is configured to circulate heated refrigerant within a cabinet structure during a duty cycle of a compressor, and further wherein the refrigerator includes a storage compartment and an insulation space substantially s...