US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Dec. 30 for "Detecting a presence of oxygen bleach during a wash cycle of a washing machine appliance" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,509,811, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Detecting a presence of oxygen bleach during a wash cycle of a washing machine appliance" was invented by Mark Banta (Pewee Valley, Ky.) and James Quentin Pollett (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a washing machine appliance includes a step of initiating a wash cycle of a washing machine appliance. The method also includes a step of sensing, with a conductivity sensor, a conductivity measurement of a wash fluid within a tub of the washing machine appliance. The method further includes a step of determini...