ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,845, issued on May 26, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Dishwashing appliance and electric motor for a fluid pump thereof" was invented by Kyle Edward Durham (Louisville, Ky.) and Adam Hofmann (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid pump includes a fluid impeller and an electric motor in mechanical communication with the fluid impeller to motivate rotation thereof. The electric motor may include a stator sealed within a potting material. The fluid pump may further include a housing enclosing the electric motor therein. The fluid pump may also include a thermal barrier enclosing at ...