Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

General Electric Company

Ut-Battelle, Inc.

David Scott Dunn

Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov

Alexander Boris Leibman

James Quentin Pollett

Paul Owen Davis

Brian Michael Schork

Jerrod Aaron Kappler

Ionelia Silvia Prajescu

Alaknanda Acharya

Dimitar Tcholakov

Kenneth G Rudolph

David Duane Warmuth

Alexander Daniel James

Daniele Martinello

Mohan Rao Ponnaganti

Sarah Heiniger

Wayne E Lawson

Marla Boado Encinosa

John Keith Besore

Richard Dean Suel, Ii

David G Beers

Derek Lee Watkins

Eric Kent Watson

Steven Keith Root

Khalid Jamal Mashal

Steven Chadwick Koepke

Michael Wuttikorn Ekbundit

Meher Prasadu Kollipara

Mariano Pablo Filippa

Gregory Allen Dedow

Aaron Lee Welch

Kyle R Gluesenkamp

Aaron Daniel Abbott

Lucius Levon Cole

Bo Shen

Kyle Robert Eden

Subhash Viswanathan Kollengode

Sarah Lynn Kirchoff

John Andrew Schmelz

Philip R Boudreaux

Jeffrey Kellow

Gabriel Neculai Prajescu

Yogesh Kumar Allimalli

Rainer Schuster

Robert Anthony Saling

Katherine Ashley De Arazoza

Andres Guillermo Ruiz

Harikishor Koripoti

Meher P Kollipara

Richard D Suel

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining a front opening, a tub positioned within the cabinet, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the tub, the wash basket defining a chamber for receipt of articles for washing and drying, a conditioning system configured to heat and remove moisture from air flowing therethrough, the conditioning system comprising a compressor, an evaporator, and a condenser, a supply duct fluidly coupled to the conditioning system for providing a flow of process air into the chamber through a supply opening, and a door assembly rotatably mounted to the cabinet to provide selective access to the chamber through the opening. The door assembly includes a door frame rotatably mounted to the cabinet and a window mounted within the door frame, the window defining a low point and a high point, the low point being oriented toward the supply opening.

Door assembly for a combination laundry appliance

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior volume and a housing mounted within the interior volume of the cabinet. The laundry appliance also includes an air filter assembly positioned in the housing. The air filter assembly includes a shell, a sealing member on a face of the shell, and a biasing element configured to bias the shell into sealing engagement with the housing.

Laundry appliance filter with biasing elements

A laundry appliance having a front panel with a single handle recess for multiple drawers is provided. The appliance includes a drawer assembly adjacent to a control panel on a cabinet. Two drawers are vertically stacked, each forming a vertical edge. A third drawer is positioned between the stacked drawers and the control panel and forms a third vertical edge spaced apart from the first and second vertical edges. The first, second, and third vertical edges define a common recessed handle area for manipulating the first, second, and third drawers.

Laundry appliance control panel with single handle recess for multiple drawers

A laundry treatment appliance includes a tub; a laundry basket rotatably mounted within the tub; a sensor positioned within the laundry basket; and a controller operably coupled to the sensor and configured to perform an operation. The operation includes detecting a load size of the laundry load at a completion of a recently performed washing cycle; obtaining a plurality of operational parameters from the recently performed washing cycle; determining a maximum drying cycle length of time for the laundry load based on the detected load size and the plurality of operational parameters; detecting a failure of the sensor; and directing a drying cycle according to the maximum drying cycle length of time in response to detecting the failure of the sensor.

Laundry treatment appliance and method of estimating drying time based on laundry load size

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet. The cabinet defines an interior volume. The laundry appliance also includes an air filter assembly. The air filter assembly is positioned in the cabinet. The air filter assembly includes a latch. The latch is configured to releasably engage a housing of the laundry appliance.

Laundry appliance filter assembly retention latch

A laundry appliance includes a cabinet defining an interior volume with a housing mounted within the interior volume of the cabinet. An air filter is positioned in the housing. The air filter may be positioned upstream of a heating system of the laundry appliance. The laundry appliance also includes a drain path extending through the housing.

Laundry appliance drainage

A dryer appliance, a controller, and a method for operation are provided. The controller is configured to execute steps of a method including receiving an input indicative of a drying cycle end time; determining a moisture extraction rate based at least in part on the received input indicative of drying cycle end time, the moisture extraction rate indicative of a rate at which moisture is removed from articles within a chamber of the dryer appliance; determining a rate of change of moisture extraction rate corresponding to the drying cycle end time; and adjusting a condensation rate based at least on the rate of change of moisture extraction rate and the received input indicative of the drying cycle end time.

Dryer appliance and method for operation

A combination washer/dryer appliance may include a cabinet, a tub, a laundry basket, a heater, and a controller. The laundry basket may be rotatably mounted within the tub and define a chamber for receipt of articles for washing or drying. The controller may be operably coupled to the heater and configured to initiate a wash/dry operation. The wash/dry operation may include initiating a wash/dry operation for articles within the laundry basket. The wash/dry operation may include a wash cycle and a dry cycle. The wash/dry operation may further include determining completion of the wash cycle and directing a tumble cycle of the laundry basket in response to determining completion of the wash cycle. The wash/dry operation may still further include determining a user drying preference during the tumble cycle of the laundry basket and adjusting the wash/dry operation based on the determined user drying preference.

Adjusted operation of a combination washer/dryer appliance

A laundry treatment appliance includes a cabinet forming a receiving space therein, a tub provided within the receiving space, and a dispenser assembly provided within the receiving space, the dispenser assembly being in fluid communication with the tub. The dispenser assembly includes a dispenser body coupled to the cabinet and provided adjacent to the tub, a first drawer slidably inserted into the dispenser body along the transverse direction, and a second drawer slidably inserted into the dispenser body along the transverse direction, the second drawer being provided beneath the first drawer along the vertical direction.

Combination smart dose dispenser system for a laundry treatment appliance

A washing machine appliance includes a wash basket that is rotatably mounted within a wash tub and that defines a wash chamber for receiving a load of clothes. A motor assembly selectively rotates the wash basket, a drain pump assembly selectively drains wash fluid from the wash tub, and a camera assembly is used to monitor an out-of-balance value to minimize out-of-balance issues. Specifically, a controller of the washing machine appliance uses the camera assembly to obtain one or more images of the wash chamber, analyze the one or more images using a machine learning image recognition process to determine the out-of-balance value of the load of clothes in the wash basket, and perform a cloth redistribution process based at least in part on determining that the out-of-balance value is greater than a predetermined out-of-balance threshold.

Systems and methods of operating a washing machine appliance to detect and mitigate out-of-balance conditions

A laundry appliance uses a determination of a frequency of compressor temperature response, refrigerant mass flow rate, or both to determine accumulation of lint in a filter. Based on the determination, various corrective actions can be taken including notifying the user, shutting off the appliance, initiating an automatic cleaning sequence for one or more lint filters, and combinations thereof.

Lint filter clogging detection in a dryer appliance using compressor temperature and referigerant mass flow

A laundry appliance uses a determination of volumetric airflow rate after a steady state condition is reached to determine the accumulation of lint in filter. Based on the determination, various actions can be taken including notifying the user, shutting off the appliance, initiating an automatic cleaning sequence for one or more lint filters, and combinations thereof. One or more temperature sensors, relative humidity sensors, and weight sensors are used to provide measurements for determining the volumetric airflow rate.

Lint filter clogging detection in a dryer appliance based on airflow

A method of operating a laundry appliance in a drying cycle includes motivating a flow of process air from a drum of the laundry appliance across an evaporator of a sealed system. Refrigerant in the evaporator of the sealed system absorbs heat from the flow of process air and the refrigerant circulates through the sealed system. The method also includes receiving, by a controller of the laundry appliance, an input indicative of a characteristic of the sealed system. The method further includes determining, by the controller, a dryness level of articles in the drum of the laundry appliance based on the received input indicative of the characteristic of the sealed system.

Detecting degree of dryness in a heat pump laundry appliance

A method of operating a dryer appliance includes directing a flow of hot dry air into a chamber defined within a drum of the dryer appliance. The method also includes receiving a signal indicative of an atmospheric condition external to the dryer appliance and determining whether the indicated atmospheric condition is less than a threshold. The method may further include directing a flow of air from the chamber to an interior space when the indicated atmospheric condition external to the dryer is less than the threshold, and activating a component of an environmental control system in communication with the interior space when the indicated atmospheric condition of the ambient environment external to the dryer is less than the threshold.

Dryer appliances and venting methods for dryer appliances

A dryer appliance includes a cabinet. A drum is disposed within the cabinet. The drum is mounted such that the drum is fixed relative to the cabinet. The drum defines a length between a first end portion of the drum and a second end portion of the drum. The dryer appliance also includes an air duct and a fan. The air duct is coupled to the fan. The air duct has an outlet positioned at a bottom portion of the drum. The fan is operable to urge a flow of air through the air duct and into the drum at the outlet of the air duct.

Vortex dryer appliance

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Smithfield, KY, United States of America

David Scott Dunn