US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Sept. 16 for "Convertible ice maker appliance for making infused ice or water ice" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,414,577, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Convertible ice maker appliance for making infused ice or water ice" was invented by Vineeth Vijayan (Louisville, Ky.) and Stephanos Kyriacou (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an ice maker appliance includes determining an infused ice making mode of the ice maker appliance. The method also includes flowing a volume of liquid water through the pod in the pod receiver, whereby the additive mixes with the volume of liquid water. The volume of liquid water may be a predetermined volume of liquid water based...