ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,051, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Blender" was invented by Inwoo Baek (Seoul, South Korea), Yangho Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Kijoong Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a blender. The blender includes: a body provided with a motor assembly; a container which is detachably mounted to the body and in which food is accommodated; a blade module provided inside the container and connected to the motor assembly to rotate when the container is mounted; a detection member provided in the container; and a detection device provided on one s...