US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Aug. 19 for "Systems and methods for drain pump operation in washing machine appliances" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,070, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for drain pump operation in washing machine appliances" was invented by Wonmyung Seo (Seongnam, South Korea) and Taehyun Yoon (Gyeonggi, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A controller is configured to monitor the pressure measurement of the pressure sensor and record an ambient temperature measurement in response to the pressure measurement stabilizing. Activate the pump and a timer in response to a drain cycle starting. The controller also configured to record a turbidity measurement from the turbidity sensor, ...