ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,030, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).
"Ice maker appliance with additive concentration control" was invented by Vineeth Vijayan (Louisville, Ky.) and Alan Joseph Mitchell (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker appliance includes a mold body comprising a mold cavity, a fill tube, and a dosing pump. Methods of operating the ice maker appliance may include receiving a user input. A volume of liquid water and/or a volume of additive may be determined based on the user input. Methods may further include flowing the liquid water and the additive to the mold cavity....