ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,242, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Dishwashing appliance and sound reduction" was invented by Benjamin Carl Maddux (Louisville, Ky.) and Kyle James Brewer (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwashing appliance may include a housing frame, a wash tub, and a damper brace. The housing frame may define a bottom end of the dishwashing appliance. The wash tub may be supported on the housing frame. The wash tub may extend along a vertical direction between an upper end and a lower end. The wash tub may extend along a transverse direction between a rearward end and ...