ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,498, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Jihong Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Minkyu Sang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jihun Park (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes: a cabinet having an upper panel and a side panel extending downward from an edge of the upper panel; a tub disposed inside the cabinet; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub; a driving part disposed under the tub, fixed to a bottom of the tub, and having a driving shaft penetrating through the bottom of the tub and fixed to the drum; and a ...