ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,365, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"User interface assembly for a domestic appliance" was invented by Donald James Leisl III (Louisville, Ky.) and Richard Gary Woodham Jr. (Taylorsville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface assembly for a domestic appliance may include a fascia. The fascia may include a consumer icon. The user interface assembly may include a main control board coupled to the fascia. The main control board may define an aperture therethrough. The aperture may be aligned with the consumer icon along an axial direction of the user interface. The ...