ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,608, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Motor assembly for an appliance including a finger grip" was invented by Senthil Kandasamy (Louisville, Ky.) and Edward Simeon Chupka (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor assembly includes a stator having a first diameter; and a rotor having a second diameter greater than the first diameter, the rotor being selectively positioned radially outward from the stator. The rotor includes a body including an annular skirt extending about the circumferential direction, the annular skirt defining an inner circumferential surface f...