ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,520,990, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Jongyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Dongho Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a dishwasher in which a single heater bracket is used to support and fix a heater in a heater housing, thereby reducing flow resistance against dry airflow flowing in the heater housing and minimizing the generation of noise, and in which the heater bracket, and a supporting leg supporting the heater housing with respect to a base are fastened to the heater housing at the same time by a singl...