ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,181, issued on May 5, 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.) and Nicholas Dillon (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for a dry cycle calibration in a washing machine appliance. The method includes receiving an activation signal of a calibration cycle, performing, the calibration cycle in response to the activation signal. The calibration cycle including analyzing a cycle history of the washing machine appliance, measuring a first line ...