ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,507,858, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Pressure sensing assembly for a dishwasher appliance" was invented by Haitian Hu (Louisville, Ky.) and Adam Hofmann (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher appliance includes a wash tub and a sump for collecting wash fluid, a pump assembly for selectively urging a flow of the wash fluid from the sump, a pressure sensor for monitoring a wash fluid level within the wash tub, a microphone for monitoring sound generated during operation of the dishwasher appliance, and a controller configured to obtain a pressure reading us...