ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,487, issued on May 12, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Washing machine hold time estimation" was invented by Haitian Hu (Louisville, Ky.) and James Quentin Pollett (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes receiving a start input for an operation of the washing machine appliance. The method also includes estimating a hold time that is predicted to occur after the operation. The method further includes determining the estimated hold time is greater than a maximum hold time. In response to the estimated hold time greater than the maxi...