US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on July 15 for "Method for performing a self-clean cycle in a washing machine appliance" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,359, issued on July 15, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Method for performing a self-clean cycle in a washing machine appliance" was invented by Jinmo Chong (Seoul, South Korea) and MyungGeon Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet, a water supply configured to selectively dispense wash fluid into the wash tub, and a conductivity sensor for measuring an electrical conductivity of the wash fluid collected in the wash tub. A controller is configured to receive a request to perform a self-clean cycle, suppl...