US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Nov. 4 for "Systems and methods for automatic dispensing of wash additives in a washing machine appliance" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,335, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for automatic dispensing of wash additives in a washing machine appliance" was invented by Oluwatosin Fagbuyi (Dallas), Seonghoon Ryu (Suwan-si, South Korea), Noushin Mir (Louisville, Ky.) and Je Kwon Yoon (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a water supply configured to selectively dispense wash fluid into a wash tub, a bulk dispenser for selectively adding a wash additive to the wash fluid, and a conductivity sensor for measuring an electrical conductivity of the w...