ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,369,770, issued on July 29, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Multi-channel valve for a dishwashing appliance" was invented by Ravi Patel (Louisville, Ky.) and Reagan Murphy (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-channel valve for a dishwashing appliance may define an axial direction, a radial direction, and a circumferential direction. The multi-channel valve may include a cylindrical housing that may include a plurality of inlet nozzles and a plurality of outlet nozzles. The multi-channel valve also may include an inner cylinder positioned within the cylindrical housing. The inner c...