US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Jan. 27 for "Gas fueled water heater appliance and methods to mitigate lint, dust, and oil events" (Kentucky, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,245, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Gas fueled water heater appliance and methods to mitigate lint, dust, and oil events" was invented by Corey Sweatt (Palmyra, Ind.), Michael Champion (Louisville, Ky.), Gary Elder (Louisville, Ky.), Jacob Strader (La Grange, Ky.) and Subbu Thenappan (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The gas fueled water heater appliance may include a tank, a chamber wall, a gas burner, a chamber sensor, and a controller. The chamber sensor may be configured to detect temperature within the combustion chamber. The controller may be mounted to th...