ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,485, issued on May 12, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Calibration cycles in washing machine appliances" was invented by Stannard Nathan Phelps (Louisville, Ky.), Stephen Edward Hettinger (Louisville, Ky.), Nicholas Dillon (Louisville, Ky.), Jeffrey Kellow (Louisville, Ky.) and Rachel Jones (Jupiter, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is for a fill cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, and performing the calibration cycle. The calibration cycle includes initializing a fill sequence of the washing mach...