US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on June 23 for "User interface assembly including individually illuminated icons for an appliance" (Kentucky Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,535, issued on June 23, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"User interface assembly including individually illuminated icons for an appliance" was invented by Richard Gary Woodham Jr. (Taylorsville, Ky.) and Donald James Leisl III (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface assembly for a domestic appliance includes a circuit board including at least one touch sensor and at least one light source; a control panel spaced apart from the circuit board along a longitudinal direction; at least one conductive foam filler provided between the circuit board and the control panel, the at...