ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,105, issued on April 14, was assigned to WHIRLPOOL Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Dryer eco cycle control algorithm" was invented by Roy E. Masters Jr. (St. Joseph, Mich.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A duty cycle heating portion of a drying cycle is initiated, in which a heating element of the clothes dryer is cycled on and off. An average baseline value is established for one or more of peak exhaust temperature of exhaust temperature of the clothes dryer or peak evaporation rate of evaporation rate of the clothes dryer. The duty cycle heating portion is continued until a peak delta between current exhaust temperature or the evapo...