ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,395, issued on March 31, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Washing machine appliance turbidity detection and evaluation" was invented by Wonmyung Seo (Seongnam, South Korea) and Junho Kang (Seongnam, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance includes a cabinet with a wash tub positioned within the cabinet and a first temperature sensor disposed at the wash tub. The washing machine appliance also includes a turbidity sensor, a conductivity sensor, and a second temperature sensor disposed in the cabinet. The washing machine appliance further includes a controller in sig...