US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on March 18 for "Washing machine appliance and methods for varying dispensing based on water hardness" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,831, issued on March 18, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Washing machine appliance and methods for varying dispensing based on water hardness" was invented by Austin Horn (Independence, Ky.), Noushin Mir (Louisville, Ky.), Hyeonsoo Moon (Seoul, South Korea), Wonmyung Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Khalid Jamal Mashal (Louisville, Ky.) and Je Kwon Yoon (Seongnam, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance may include a wash tub, a wash basket, a dispensing assembly, a water hardness sensor, a camera assembly, and a controller. The wash tub may be positioned within a ...