US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Feb. 10 for "Washing machine appliance steam operation evaluation with humidity measurement" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,048, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Washing machine appliance steam operation evaluation with humidity measurement" was invented by Wonmyung Seo (Seongnam, South Korea) and Nayoung Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes flowing a volume of wash liquid into the wash tub. The method also includes activating a heater in thermal communication with the wash tub. As a result of activating the heater, the wash liquid is heated. The method further includes measuring a humidity value with a humidity sensor posi...