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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 19, 2025

Filed:

Sep. 29, 2022
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Wonmyung Seo, Seongnam, KR;

Taehyun Yoon, Gyeonggi, KR;

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/42 (2020.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 34/06 (2020.01); D06F 34/24 (2020.01); D06F 39/08 (2006.01); D06F 103/20 (2020.01); D06F 103/16 (2020.01); D06F 103/18 (2020.01); D06F 105/08 (2020.01); D06F 105/56 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 33/42 (2020.02); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 34/06 (2020.02); D06F 34/24 (2020.02); D06F 39/085 (2013.01); D06F 39/087 (2013.01); D06F 2103/16 (2020.02); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02); D06F 2103/20 (2020.02); D06F 2105/08 (2020.02); D06F 2105/56 (2020.02);
Abstract

A controller is configured to monitor the pressure measurement of the pressure sensor and record an ambient temperature measurement in response to the pressure measurement stabilizing. Activate the pump and a timer in response to a drain cycle starting. The controller also configured to record a turbidity measurement from the turbidity sensor, a conductivity measurement from the conductivity sensor, and a temperature measurement from the temperature sensor and compare the turbidity measurement to a reference turbidity value, the conductivity measurement to a reference conductivity value, and the temperature measurement to the ambient temperature measurement. Then determine either a presence or an absence of fluid in the wash tub based at least in part on the turbidity measurement, the conductivity measurement, and the temperature measurement, and deactivate the pump in response to either the timer expiring or the determination of the absence of fluid in the wash tub.


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