US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on July 1 for "Fluid circulation assembly for a dishwasher appliance" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,342,974, issued on July 1, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Fluid circulation assembly for a dishwasher appliance" was invented by Kyle Edward Durham (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher appliance includes a wash tub that defines a wash chamber, a sump housing defining a sump for collecting wash fluid, the sump housing defining a drain basin, and a fluid circulation assembly positioned within the sump. The fluid circulation assembly includes a drain cover seated within the drain basin and defining a plurality of drain cover holes, a filter screen seated on top of the drain cove...