ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,063, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Cooking appliance" was invented by Pranav A. Gujar (Pune, India), Pavan M. Meti (Pimpri-Chinchwad, India) and Karan S. Ratan (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cooking appliance includes a metal body defining a cooking cavity and including a bottom wall that extends from an interior surface defining an upward-facing depression to an exterior surface opposite the interior surface. The bottom wall of the metal body has a first thermal expansion coefficient and a first elastic modulus. A first deformation restriction patch extends along the inter...