ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,128, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd. (Qingdao, China).
"Control method for clothes drying device" was invented by Zhaobin Du (Qingdao, China), Lina Wang (Qingdao, China), Longping Yao (Qingdao, China), Yijun Song (Qingdao, China) and Hongbiao Ma (Qingdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for a clothes drying device includes: a load determination stage: determining the size of a load; and a drying stage: on the basis of the size of the load, selectively controlling a drying drum to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise alterna...