ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,973, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Air heater for front load washing machine" was invented by Alexander B. Leibman (Prospect, Ky.) and Venkata Chakradhar Rangu (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a front load laundry appliance comprises a cabinet having a cabinet inlet vent, a drum positioned within the cabinet and accessible through the opening, and a cabinet duct fluidly coupling the cabinet inlet vent to the drum. The appliance defines an inlet flow path through a door duct, the cabinet inlet vent, and the drum. An induction heater comprising an i...