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Patent No.:

US 12241195 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2025

Filed:

May. 24, 2022

Washing machine appliance load size detection using power and balance

Applicant:

Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Inventors:

Stannard Nathan Phelps, Louisville, KY (US);

Darrin R. Smith, Louisville, KY (US);

Adam Berry, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Joseph L Perrin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/18 (2020.01); D06F 33/32 (2020.01); D06F 33/48 (2020.01); D06F 34/16 (2020.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01); D06F 33/52 (2020.01); D06F 33/76 (2020.01); D06F 103/04 (2020.01); D06F 103/24 (2020.01); D06F 103/26 (2020.01); D06F 103/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/00 (2020.01); D06F 105/48 (2020.01); D06F 105/52 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/18 (2020.02); D06F 33/32 (2020.02); D06F 33/48 (2020.02); D06F 34/16 (2020.02); D06F 37/304 (2013.01); D06F 33/52 (2020.02); D06F 33/76 (2020.02); D06F 2103/04 (2020.02); D06F 2103/24 (2020.02); D06F 2103/26 (2020.02); D06F 2103/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/00 (2020.02); D06F 2105/48 (2020.02); D06F 2105/52 (2020.02);
Abstract

A washing machine appliance and methods of operating a washing machine appliance are provided. The washing machine appliance includes a motor and a rotatable basket. The motor is operated to rotate the basket. While operating the motor to rotate the basket, a power consumption and a balance condition of a load of articles in the basket are determined. A size of the load of articles in the basket of the washing machine appliance is determined based on the power consumption and the balance condition. Based on the determined size of the load, one or more operating parameters of the washing machine appliance are selected and an operation of the washing machine appliance is performed according to the one or more selected operating parameters.

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