ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,543,919, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Dishwasher appliance and method for operating a dishwasher appliance including a clean tone output" was invented by Haitian Hu (Louisville, Ky.), Hairong Li (Louisville, Ky.) and Adam Hofmann (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher appliance includes a tub; a door; a sensor; and an audio module. The dishwasher performs an operation including determining a completion of a washing cycle; accumulating a first value relating to a first characteristic and a second value relating to a second characteristic; comparing the firs...