ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,318,053, issued on June 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Dishwashing appliance audio monitoring" was invented by Ricardo Alberto Aguiar Jr. (Clarksville, Ind.), Maegan Gail Williams (Louisville, Ky.) and Brett Alan Farris (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwashing appliance includes a tub defining a wash chamber therein for receipt of articles for washing. A method of operating the dishwashing appliance includes initiating a cycle of the dishwashing appliance. The method also includes, during the cycle of the dishwashing appliance, monitoring audio feedback from a component of th...