ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,178, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Method of sensing remaining moisture content in a washing machine appliance" was invented by Cody Ewing (Floyds Knobs, Ind.) and Stannard Nathan Phelps (Cadiz, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes initiating a spin cycle by operating the motor to spin the wash basket to a first speed, performing a first acceleration by operating the motor to accelerate the wash basket from the first speed to a second speed, obtaining a first average motor power of the motor while performing the first ...