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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2016
Applicant:
Midea Group Co., Ltd., Beijiao, CN;
Inventors:
Mark W. Wilson, Simpsonville, KY (US);
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., Beijiao, Shunde, Foshan, Guangdong, CN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/50 (2006.01); A47L 15/46 (2006.01); A47L 15/00 (2006.01); A47L 15/22 (2006.01); A47L 15/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 15/46 (2013.01); A47L 15/0028 (2013.01); A47L 15/22 (2013.01); A47L 15/4278 (2013.01); A47L 15/4289 (2013.01); A47L 15/502 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a dishwasher utilize a dock detection system to determine when a connector of a spray device is docked to a docking port provided on a manifold of the dishwasher. A dock detector is coupled to the docking port and is electrically coupled to a controller of the dishwasher through electrical conductors that extend along the manifold, thereby enabling a dishwasher controller to detect when spray devices are coupled to the manifold, e.g., to optimize a wash cycle to use a particular spray device docked to the docking port.