ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,334, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).
"Laundry washing machine with automatic temperature control" was invented by Phillip C. Hombroek (Prospect, Ky.), Davis West (Covington, Ky.) and Dylan Nicholson (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry washing machine and method control a temperature of water used in a wash cycle based at least partially on the weight of a load being washed. A volume of hot water and a volume of cold water to be added to the wash tub to provide a target temperature of water in the wash tub may be determined and a hot inlet valve and a cold inlet valve may...