US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on Nov. 18 for "Foreign particulate algorithm for a laundry appliance" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,685, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Foreign particulate algorithm for a laundry appliance" was invented by Ryan Robert Bellinger (St. Joseph, Mich.), Timothy Noah Blatchley (Stevensville, Mich.), Mark Jason Christensen (Stevensville, Mich.), Ryan Douglas Kuhn (St. Joseph, Mich.) and Wesley Paul Traylor (St. Joseph, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a cabinet having a user interface. A drum is disposed within the cabinet and is operably coupled to a motor that rotates the drum. A blower delivers process air through an airflow path that includes the drum. A co...