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Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2023
Applicant:

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

Inventor:

Ryan James Scheckelhoff, Louisville, KY (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/14 (2020.01); D06F 33/47 (2020.01); F25D 23/12 (2006.01); F25D 29/00 (2006.01); D06F 103/18 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/14 (2020.02); D06F 33/47 (2020.02); F25D 23/126 (2013.01); F25D 29/008 (2013.01); D06F 2103/18 (2020.02); F25D 2323/122 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method of operating a washing machine appliance includes checking for a material in a container of the household appliance. When the material is detected, the method may include recording a presence of the container in response to detecting the material in the container and deactivating a status indicator in response to detecting the material in the container. When the material is not detected, the method may include checking for the container in response to detecting the absence of the material. When the container is not detected, the method may include disabling a status indicator in response to detecting the absence of the container. When the container is detected, the method may include activating a status indicator in response to detecting the presence of the container and in response to detecting the absence of the material.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Scheckelhoff, Ryan. (2026). Household appliances with smart status indicators (U.S. Patent No. 12571149). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12571149

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