ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,729, issued on May 27, was assigned to GUANGDONG MIDEA WHITE HOME APPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Balance assembly and household appliance" was invented by Junge Zhang (Foshan, China), Shuyun Wu (Foshan, China), Xinjian Huang (Foshan, China), Su Zhang (Foshan, China) and Yuehui Wang (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a balance assembly and a household appliance. The balance assembly is applied in the household appliance. The balance assembly includes a balancing ring, a balancer, an identification member and a first detection member. Th...