ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,484,756, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Dishwashing appliance and sound reduction" was invented by Kyle James Brewer (Louisville, Ky.) and Benjamin Carl Maddux (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwashing appliance may include a housing frame, a wash tub, a damper brace, and a damper pad. The housing frame may define a bottom end of the dishwashing appliance. The wash tub may be supported on the housing frame. The wash tub may extend along a vertical direction between an upper end and a lower end. The wash tub may extend along a transverse direction between a rearw...