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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2026
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2023
Applicant:
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Inventors:
Nicholas Dillon, Louisville, KY (US);
Darrin Smith, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/16 (2020.01); D06F 23/04 (2006.01); D06F 33/48 (2020.01); D06F 34/20 (2020.01); D06F 34/28 (2020.01); D06F 37/24 (2006.01); D06F 37/30 (2020.01); G01D 5/14 (2006.01); D06F 103/26 (2020.01); D06F 105/46 (2020.01); D06F 105/58 (2020.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D06F 34/16 (2020.02); D06F 23/04 (2013.01); D06F 33/48 (2020.02); D06F 34/20 (2020.02); D06F 34/28 (2020.02); D06F 37/24 (2013.01); D06F 37/304 (2013.01); G01D 5/14 (2013.01); D06F 2103/26 (2020.02); D06F 2105/46 (2020.02); D06F 2105/58 (2020.02);
Abstract
A laundry appliance includes a subwasher suspended within a cabinet by one or more suspension elements, and one or more linear position sensors fixed to the cabinet for determining the position of the subwasher within the cabinet. A controller is configured to receive input from the one or more position sensors and determine the position of the subwasher from the position sensor input.