US Patent Issued to QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE, HAIER SMART HOME on Jan. 27 for "Liquid storage box, additive dispensing apparatus, and method for identifying additive type" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,845, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Liquid storage box, additive dispensing apparatus, and method for identifying additive type" was invented by Wenwei Li (Shandong, China), Jun Wu (Shandong, China) and Guangfeng Wang (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid storage box, an additive dispensing apparatus, and a method for identifying an additive type. The liquid storage box is provided with a closed chamber for storing additive. At least one marking conductive component is disposed on the liquid storage box. A...