US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Dec. 2 for "Appliance" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,987, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Appliance" was invented by Chan-Yong Yeo (Seoul, South Korea), Wanglim Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Janghoon Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Myeongsu Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an appliance having an input switch that receives a knock input at the front of a main body, and a transfer member connecting to the input switch that transfers vibrations caused by the knock to a sensor disposed at the rear of the main body."

The patent was filed on Aug. 10, 2022, under Application No. 17/885,390.

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