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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 27, 2023
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Daniele Martinello, Nuremberg, DE;
Jivko Ognianov Djerekarov, Louisville, KY (US);
David Scott Dunn, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A laundry treatment appliance includes a tub; a laundry basket rotatably mounted within the tub; a sensor positioned within the laundry basket; and a controller operably coupled to the sensor and configured to perform an operation. The operation includes detecting a load size of the laundry load at a completion of a recently performed washing cycle; obtaining a plurality of operational parameters from the recently performed washing cycle; determining a maximum drying cycle length of time for the laundry load based on the detected load size and the plurality of operational parameters; detecting a failure of the sensor; and directing a drying cycle according to the maximum drying cycle length of time in response to detecting the failure of the sensor.