Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Rocco Cordaro

Aldo Vincent Kremmel

Zachary Wiles

Kyle James Brewer

Stannard Nathan Phelps

Kyle Joseph Brandewie

Senthil Nathan Jaganathan

Sheng-Yuan Hsu

A dishwasher appliance includes an apron frame, a wash tub positioned on top of the apron frame and defining a wash chamber for receipt of a load of articles, and a dampening tub support positioned between the apron frame and the wash tub. The dampening tub support includes a mounting structure that is attached to the apron frame and defines a tub support surface for supporting the wash tub and a resilient member lining the tub support surface between the mounting structure and the wash tub.

Dampening tub support for a dishwasher appliance

A dishwashing appliance includes a fill funnel positioned at a fill hole in the side of a tub. The fill funnel includes a mating face positioned at an exterior of the tub with at least two fins extending from the mating face, and a fill funnel outlet extending through the fill hole at the side of the tub. The at least two fins engage a mastic layer at the exterior of the tub. A locking nut is removably coupled to the fill funnel at the wash chamber of the tub. The locking nut includes a plurality of cored-out portions configured to receive a plurality of extrusions of the fill funnel outlet passing through the locking nut. The dishwashing appliance further includes a gasket positioned between the fill funnel and the locking nut.

Systems for preventing rotation of fill funnel in dishwashing appliances

A dishwasher includes a tub defining a wash chamber, a wash rack provided within the wash chamber, an air inlet in fluid communication with the wash chamber at a first position, an air exhaust outlet in fluid communication with the wash chamber at a second position different from the first position, a first gas sensor provided in the dishwasher, and a controller configured to initiate an operation sequence. The operation sequence includes initiating a drying cycle, receiving an air-quality signal from the first gas sensor, measuring, during the drying cycle, an air-quality characteristic within the wash chamber of the dishwasher, determining the measured air-quality characteristic is below a predetermined air-quality threshold, calculating a drying time in response to determining the measured air-quality characteristic is below the predetermined air-quality threshold, and halting the drying cycle in response to an expiration of the drying time.

Method and apparatus for sensing dryness according to air quality

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Louisville, KY, United States of America

Rocco Cordaro