ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,053, issued on June 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Appliance and method for determining an operational state of a component" was invented by Ricardo Alberto Aguiar Jr. (Clarksville, Ind.) and Maegan Gail Williams (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance and method for determining an operational state of the appliance is provided. The appliance includes a cabinet, a flow device, and a sensor positioned at the cabinet. The cabinet includes a plurality of panels forming an interior volume at which a wash chamber is positioned. The flow device is configured to flow a fluid at ...