ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,611, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Dryer appliance and dispensing system" was invented by Alexander B. Leibman (Prospect, Ky.), Venkata Chakradhar Rangu (Louisville, Ky.), Robert Byron (Louisville, Ky.) and Jay Pareshbhai Shinde (Hyderabad, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance including a cabinet and a flow control device is provided. The cabinet includes a drum rotatably mounted within the cabinet. The drum defines a chamber for receipt of articles for drying. The flow control device includes a body forming a plurality of inlet openings. The body forms a f...