US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on May 5 for "Method for controlling an agitation cycle in a washing machine" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,185, issued on May 5, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Method for controlling an agitation cycle in a washing machine" was invented by John Joseph Roetker (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine appliance comprises a wash basket with an agitation device mounted within a wash tub, a motor mechanically coupled to the agitation device, and a control panel. A controller is configured to receive a user input selecting a target wash cycle from a plurality of wash cycles including a subset of modifiable wash cycles and a subset of fixed wash cycles, the target wash cycle includin...