ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,246, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Fill funnel hose interface" was invented by Aldo Vincent Kremmel (Palmyra, Ind.) and Logan Chayse Dunaway (Greenville, Ind.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwashing appliance includes a tub, the tub includes a sidewall, the sidewall defines a fill hole. The dishwashing appliance further includes a fill funnel coupled with the sidewall of the tub positioned at the fill hole. The fill funnel defines an inlet. The fill funnel includes a hose connection feature disposed within the fill funnel adjacent to the inlet. The hose connection featu...