ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,026, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Ice maker appliance control methods" was invented by Stephanos Kyriacou (Louisville, Ky.) and Michael Goodman Schroeder (Crestwood, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of operating an ice maker appliance includes flowing a volume of liquid water into a mold body of the ice maker appliance and forming an ice piece from the volume of liquid water in the mold body of the ice maker appliance. The method also includes estimating a volume of the fill of liquid water. The method may include determining an adjustment factor based on the estim...