ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,403, issued on March 31, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Combination laundry appliance with heat pump assembly" was invented by Miron Wawrzusiak (Wroclaw, Poland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combination laundry appliance includes a cabinet, a drum disposed within the cabinet, a fluid directing system for directing wash fluid into the drum during a wash cycle and directing air into the drum during a dry cycle, and a heat pump assembly operably coupled to the fluid directing system. The heat pump assembly includes a first condenser, a second condenser, and a three-way valve. The three-way valve is configur...