ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,143, issued on April 8, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Laundry treatment apparatus" was invented by Jinwoo Seo (Seoul, South Korea), Sangjin Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jihong Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treatment apparatus includes a housing. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a tub. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a drum. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a heater. The laundry treatment apparatus further includes a tub through-portion formed in the tub so that the heater is inserted into a space located between a bottom s...