ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,047, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Washing machine appliance load type detection" was invented by Joseph Wilson Latham (Louisville, Ky.), Michael Lee McIntyre (Louisville, Ky.) and Noah Damron (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a tub, a rotatable basket within the tub, and an annulus defined between the tub and the basket. A method of operating the washing machine appliance includes activating a drain pump to remove standing wash liquid from the annulus. The method also includes deactivating the drain pump after removing the...