ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,282, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Bloomington, Ill.).
"Dryer duct sensing and cleaning" was invented by Brian N. Harvey (Bloomington, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The following relates generally to dryer duct safety. In some embodiments, a system may include an airflow sensor configured to measure airflow in a dryer duct. The system may further include one or more processors configured to receive an operation status signal of a dryer, determine an airflow level based upon an airflow signal received from the airflow sensor, and determine that a clog exists in the dryer duc...