ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,396,607, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vacuum cleaner capable of power line communication" was invented by Sun Ku Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Cha Seung Jun (Seoul, South Korea), Sung Yong Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Se Hwa Choe (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Hyun Lim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a vacuum cleaner, including a main body including a power supply part configured to supply power, a first motor configured to generate suction force, and a first printed circuit board (PCB) on which the first controller is mounted, and a nozzle including a cleaning par...