ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,146, issued on July 15, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Systems and methods for performing a sous-vide cooking cycle in a dishwasher appliance" was invented by Logan Chayse Dunaway (Greenville, Ind.) and Duwayne Drexler (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwashing appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber, a pump configured to deliver a liquid into the wash chamber, a spray assembly provided within the wash chamber, conduit in fluid communication with the spray assembly, a rack slidably provided within the wash chamber, container attached to the rack and in fluid communic...