US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Feb. 3 for "Method for identifying a user interface control panel in a domestic appliance" (Missouri, Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,664, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Method for identifying a user interface control panel in a domestic appliance" was invented by Brian J. Morman (Ballwin, Mo.), Michelle Diana Gross Berry (Louisville, Ky.) and Kyle James Brewer (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface assembly for a domestic appliance includes a control panel; a radio frequency identifier (RFID) tag attached to the control panel; a user interface board; a RFID receiver attached to the user interface board, the RFID receiver being configured to selectively interact with the RFID tag; an...