US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Nov. 11 for "Detecting a presence of a cleaning agent during a self-clean cycle of a washing machine appliance" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,181, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Detecting a presence of a cleaning agent during a self-clean cycle of a washing machine appliance" was invented by Yoojeong Lee (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Wonmyung Seo (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and James Quentin Pollett (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a washing machine appliance may comprise a step of monitoring, with a sensor, a conductivity measurement of a tub of the washing machine appliance. The method may also include a step of receiving an input indicative of a selection of a self-clean cycle ...