US Patent Issued to WHIRLPOOL on March 4 for "Temperature sensors for a cooking appliance" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,289, issued on March 4, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Temperature sensors for a cooking appliance" was invented by Marco Casucci (Varese, Italy), Simone Emanuele Ceron (Varese, Italy), Luca Corbo (Comabbio, Italy), Alessandro Gigante (Varese, Italy) and Marta Maria Teresa Taverna (Milan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a housing that defines a cooking cavity. A first temperature sensor is coupled to the housing and is configured to detect an air temperature of the cooking cavity. A rack is disposed within the cooking cavity and includes a second temperature sensor that is coupled ...