US Patent Issued to Haier US Appliance Solutions on Sept. 15 for "Automatic shutoff valve for a water filter assembly" (Kentucky Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,468, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Automatic shutoff valve for a water filter assembly" was invented by Gregory Sergeevich Chernov (Louisville, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water filter assembly for a domestic appliance includes a filter housing defining a filter chamber, a feed water inlet, and a treated water outlet; a filter element received within the filter chamber defining a feed water chamber and a treated water chamber; a valve plug positioned within the filter housing; and an actuator in operable contact with the valve plug, the actuator being a shape-memo...