ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,053, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).
"Liquid storage box, additive dispensing apparatus and identification method" was invented by Tao Huang (Shandong, China), Baozhen Cheng (Shandong, China) and Bencai Huang (Shandong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid storage box, an additive dispensing apparatus and an identification method including a guiding identifier part with a set guiding trajectory is arranged on the liquid storage box; and any one or a combination of the number, position and trajectory shape of the ...