US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Sept. 16 for "Structural cabinet for an appliance incorporating unitary metallic boxes" (Michigan, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,383, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Structural cabinet for an appliance incorporating unitary metallic boxes" was invented by Paul B. Allard (Coloma, Mich.), Mohamed Alshourbagy (Stevensville, Mich.), Lakshya J. Deka (Mishawaka, Ind.), Eric J. Dherde (St. Joseph, Mich.), Gustavo Frattini (St. Joseph, Mich.), Alberto R. Gomes (St. Joseph, Mich.), Lynne F. Hunter (Dorr, Mich.), Giulia Marinello (St. Joseph, Mich.), Abhay Naik (Stevensville, Mich.), Sanjesh Kumar Pathak (Stevensville, Mich.) and Jerry M. Visin (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes a meta...