ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,969, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Heating assembly for a laundry treatment appliance including a liquid storage tank" was invented by Alexander B. Leibman (Prospect, Ky.), Pavan Kumar Madeti (Hyderabad, India) and Roberto Obregon (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet; a tub positioned within the cabinet, the tub defining a receiving space; and a heating assembly positioned within the cabinet. The heating assembly includes a duct forming an air passageway in fluid communication with the tub, the duct defining an axia...