Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.

Veera Venkata Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy

Venkata Chakradhar Rangu

Alexander Boris Leibman

Neelapala Gopinath Yadav

Kalyana Mallavarapu

Srikanth Gopireddy

Brent Alden Junge

Ravikumar Anburaj

Pavan Kumar Madeti

Jason Meurer

Ajay Kumar Kommagalla

Sushant Maruti Bhogulkar

A shipping spacer assembly is configured to be removably attached to a wash tub of a washing machine for fixing a distance between a wash tub and a cabinet of a washing machine appliance in an installed position. The shipping spacer assembly includes a bolt, a cord retention mechanism, and a grommet. The bolt includes a shaft extending along an axial direction, a head located at one end of the shaft, and a threaded portion located opposite the head in the axial direction. The cord retention mechanism is configured for receipt of a power cord. The cord retention mechanism is positioned between the head of the bolt and the rear panel in the installed position. The grommet defines a grommet cavity. The shaft is removably positioned through the grommet cavity.

Shipping spacer assembly for washing machines

Exemplary dryer appliances are provided herein including a cabinet having an upper portion and a lower portion. A drum is rotatably mounted in the upper portion of the cabinet. A slideable first drawer housing a filter is mounted in the lower portion of the cabinet. A slideable second drawer is mounted below the drum. One or more fans circulates air through the drum, through the filter of the first drawer, and through the second drawer before the air is exhausted from the dryer appliance, providing drying of articles within both the drum and the second drawer.

Dryer appliance and compartment for non-tumbling items

A refrigerator appliance includes a cabinet that cabinet defines a food storage chamber therein. The refrigerator appliance also includes a shelf having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite the upper surface along the vertical direction. A flexible telescopic storage container mounted to the shelf. A top flange of the flexible storage container may be flush with the upper surface of the shelf. The shelf may include an aperture extending through the shelf from the upper surface to the lower surface and the flexible telescopic storage container may be mounted to the shelf through the aperture.

Refrigerator appliance with flexible storage container

A laundry appliance includes an infuser into which users may insert a dissolvable treatment material, such as detergent pods of scented pellets. The diffuser may be removably inserted into a receptacle at least partially contained within the cabinet of the laundry appliance. One or more of a moveable cap or lid may be configured to cover an opening at the top of the receptacle, thereby sealing the receptacle. Water or air may be introduced into the receptacle through a fluid inlet line. The water or air may pass through openings in the infuser and interact with the dissolvable treatment material to produce a treatment mixture of treatment material and water or air. The treatment material may then exit the receptacle through a fluid output line, where it may be delivered to a fluid distribution element extending into the laundering chamber of the laundry appliance. The fluid distribution may then distribute the treatment solution into the chamber and onto the articles of laundry. A controller of the laundry appliance may be configured to allow the introduction of water or air to the infuser at a predetermined time based in part on the length of the laundry cycle and/or the rate at which the dissolvable treatment material dissolves.

Infuser and receptacle for a laundry appliance

A washer appliance with a removable agitator post includes an impeller supporting a receptable having multiple features for receipt of agitator tabs to secure or release the agitator post. A biasing element may be used to help secure or release the agitator post. The agitator post is rotated to secure or release it from the impeller. A removable cap may be included.

Washer appliance with removable agitator post having twist lock mechanism

A washing machine appliance may include a tub, a basket, an impeller base, an extended post, and a connector bar. The basket may be rotatably positioned within the tub. The impeller base may include a mounting face disposed radially inward from one or more impeller fins. The mounting face may include a mounting bracket defining one or more attachment slots. The extended post may be removably attached to the impeller base and include a base body, an auger fin, and a mating face. The base body may define an interior cavity. The auger fin may extend radially from the base body. The mating face may include a mating collar defining one or more attachment rails corresponding to the one or more attachment slots. The connector bar may be selectively received within the interior cavity.

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Hyderabad Telangana, India

Veera Venkata Anil Bhaskar Prasad Seereddy