US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Oct. 14 for "Systems and methods for performing additive dispenser diagnostics in a washing machine appliance" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,122, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for performing additive dispenser diagnostics in a washing machine appliance" was invented by Wonmyung Seo (Seongnam, South Korea) and Hyoyeol Maeng (Bucheon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub positioned within a cabinet, a water supply for dispensing wash fluid into the 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 wash fluid collected in the wash tu...