US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on July 14 for "Gas fueled water heater appliance and methods to mitigate lint, dust, and oil events" (Kentucky, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,728, issued on July 14, 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 Subbu Thenappan (Louisville, Ky.), Corey Sweatt (Palmyra, Ind.), Michael Champion (Louisville, Ky.), Gary Elder (Louisville, Ky.) and Jacob Strader (La Grange, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas fueled water heater appliance may include a tank, a chamber wall, a gas burner, a chamber sensor, and a controller. The gas burner may be positioned adjacent to the tank and within a combustion chamber to heat water in the tank. The chamber se...