ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,549,405, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"System and method for operating a plurality of appliances" was invented by Ryan James Scheckelhoff (Louisville, Ky.) and Joshua Reeves (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance, system, and method for operating laundry appliances are provided. The method includes generating a plurality of utilization signals including a utilization rate corresponding to a first plurality of appliances at a first location; determining an activity status based on the plurality of utilization signals of the first plurality of appliances at t...