US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on July 29 for "Laundry treatment apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,839, issued on July 29, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treatment apparatus" was invented by Jeongyeon Park (Seoul, South Korea), Boram Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Gyeoungjin Jeon (Seoul, South Korea) and Joonho Pyo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treatment apparatus includes: a tub, a drum provided in the tub, an agitator provided in the drum, a driver coupled to the tub and providing power for rotating at least one of the drum or the agitator, and a clutch unit provided between the driver and the agitator and transmitting the power to the drum or the agitator. The clutch...