US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Oct. 14 for "Laundry treatment appliance and method of determining laundry load weight within the same" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,120, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Laundry treatment appliance and method of determining laundry load weight within the same" was invented by Erick Flores Islas (Louisville, Ky.) and Jose Efren Rodriguez Munoz (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet; a tub positioned within the cabinet; a drum rotatably provided within the tub; a drain pump in fluid communication with the tub, the drain pump being positioned at a bottom of the cabinet; a pressure chamber attached to and in fluid communication with the drain pump; a pre...