US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Oct. 20 for "Water heater appliance and methods for model identification" (Kentucky, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,569, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Water heater appliance and methods for model identification" was invented by Subbu Thenappan (Louisville, Ky.), Corey Sweatt (Palmyra, Ind.) and Jacob Strader (La Grange, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water heater appliance may include a housing, a tank, a heating element, one or more temperature sensors, and a controller. The tank may be attached to the housing. The tank may define an interior volume. The heating element may be configured to heat water in the tank. The one or more temperature sensors may be attached to the housing. ...