ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,839, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Washing machine appliance non-shedding load detection" was invented by Stannard Nathan Phelps (Louisville, Ky.) and Stephen Edward Hettinger (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a tub and a rotatable basket therein. A method of operating the washing machine appliance may include rotating the basket at one or more first speeds prior to a water extraction operation and obtaining a first set of power measurements. The method may also include performing the water extraction operation. The water ex...