ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,111, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Preheat progress monitoring for an appliance" was invented by Omar Santana (Louisville, Ky.) and James Lee Armstrong (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for monitoring progress of a preheat cycle includes: at a start of a preheat cycle, receiving a baseline temperature measurement from a sensor; during the preheat cycle, receiving a plurality of current temperature measurements from the sensor; repeatedly calculating a progress indicator value for the preheat cycle from a baseline progress indicator value; and when a la...