US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on July 14 for "Systems and methods for detecting a drain standpipe height for a washing machine appliance" (Indiana Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,211, issued on July 14, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Systems and methods for detecting a drain standpipe height for a washing machine appliance" was invented by Cody Ewing (Floyds Knobs, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a washing machine appliance may include initializing an operating cycle of the washing machine appliance. The method may include activating a pump assembly to flow a first predetermined depth of water from a tub to a drain standpipe following initializing the operating cycle. The method may include calculating a first drain rate following activating t...