US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Nov. 18 for "Vacuum insulated structure with a series evaporator" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,091, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Vacuum insulated structure with a series evaporator" was invented by Vishal Brahmanand Chauhan (Maharashtra, India) and Rahul Subhash Chhajed (Stevensville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration unit includes a cabinet with a refrigerator compartment, a freezer compartment, and a machine compartment. The cabinet includes a mullion region between the refrigerator compartment and the freezer compartment, a first pass-through therethrough providing access from an external environment to the refrigerator compartment, and a second pass-through ...