ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,577, issued on June 3, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Refrigerator cabinet with a trim breaker and vacuum insulated panel associated with the trim breaker" was invented by Abinash Sarma (Tinsukia, India), Rahul Subhash Chhajed (Stevensville, Mich.), Subrata Shannigrahi (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Vishal Jaywantrao Patil (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cabinet for a refrigerator includes: (a) a first inner liner defining a first cavity; (b) a second inner liner defining a second cavity; (c) an outer wrapper at least partially surrounding the first inner liner and the second inner liner; (d) a ...