US Patent Issued to Whirlpool on May 12 for "Microparticle filtration detection for a laundry appliance" (Italian, Brazilian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,491, issued on May 12, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).

"Microparticle filtration detection for a laundry appliance" was invented by Riccardo Catanzani (Perugia, Italy), Giacomo Marvardi (Terre Roveresche, Italy), Omar Rachid Murad (Rio Claro, Brazil) and Guglielmo Roelfsema (Fabriano, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry appliance includes a filter that accumulates microparticles in a fluid path, a pressure sensor having a membrane that moves from an initial position toward a saturated position in response to the accumulation of the microparticles, an arm operably coupled with the pressure sensor, and...