ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,176, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Pressure sensing assembly for a washing machine appliance" was invented by Todd Anthony Reger (Crestwood, Ky.) and Erick Flores Islas (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet and defining a wash chamber and a sump, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub for receiving a load of clothes, a dispensing assembly mounted within the cabinet for selectively adding wash fluid into the wash tub, and a pressure sensing assembly in fluid communication with a...