US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Sept. 23 for "Interlock system with hinge connection for appliance door" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,134, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Interlock system with hinge connection for appliance door" was invented by Laura Fossati (Travedona, Italy) and Radhakrishna Pai Kizhakke Parambil (Varese, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An oven door interlock system configured to selectively block a switch based on a position of an oven door may include a switch, a reference hinge attached to the oven door, the door movable between an open position and a closed position, and a locking mechanism connected to the switch via a rod, the locking mechanism including a hinge receiver connected to the r...