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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2023
Haier Us Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Haitian Hu, Louisville, KY (US);
James Quentin Pollett, Louisville, KY (US);
Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A washing machine appliance includes a wash tub positioned within the cabinet and defining a wash chamber, a wash basket rotatably mounted within the wash tub for receiving a load of clothes, a water supply for providing wash fluid into the wash tub, a microphone positioned within the cabinet, and a controller in operative communication with the water supply and the microphone. The controller is configured to monitor a sound signal generated during operation of the washing machine appliance using the microphone, analyze the sound signal to identify a sound signature associated with an adverse operating condition, and implement a responsive action to correct the adverse operating condition in response to identifying the sound signature.