ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,341,459, issued on June 24, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Method for avoiding stalled motor in a stand mixer with sensorless BLDC drive" was invented by Joseph Wilson Latham (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating an appliance, such as a stand mixer, is provided. In one example implementation, the method can include operating a motor of the appliance in a first direction. The method can further include detecting, by a feedback system of the appliance, a first trigger condition. The method can further include, responsive to detecting the first trigger condition, opera...