ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,859, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Dampening tub support for a dishwasher appliance" was invented by Aldo Vincent Kremmel (Palmyra, Ind.), Kyle James Brewer (Louisville, Ky.), Rocco Cordaro (Louisville, Ky.), Zachary Wiles (Louisville, Ky.), Senthil Nathan Jaganathan (Louisville, Ky.) and Sheng-Yuan Hsu (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher appliance includes an apron frame, a wash tub positioned on top of the apron frame and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles, and a dampening tub support positioned between the apron frame and th...