US Patent Issued to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag on April 15 for "Laundry washing machine for use with unit dose detergent packages" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,060, issued on April 15, was assigned to Electrolux Appliances Aktiebolag (Stockholm).

"Laundry washing machine for use with unit dose detergent packages" was invented by Flavio Bernardino (Charlotte, N.C.) and Gagan Saini (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry washing machine having a casing (624), a tub (606) supported in the casing, a drum (608) mounted in the tub and configured to rotate about a vertical axis (Av), an agitator (610) mounted in the drum and configured to rotate about the vertical axis, a motor (614) and transmission (616) operatively connected to the drum and the agitator, a valve (620) operative...