ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,043, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).
"Impeller for laundry washing machine" was invented by Bryan T. Snook (Louisville, Ky.) and Christopher G. Hoppe (Louisville, Ky.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An impeller for a laundry washing machine having one or more scooping members. The one or more scooping member may include a variety of positions relative to the impeller. The one or more scooping members may pivot to one or more positions to direct or lift fluid. The one or more scooping members may define one or more fluid pathways."
The patent was filed on Dec. 1, 2023, under Application No. ...