US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 17 for "Cleaner" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,349, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cleaner" was invented by In Gyu Yang (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Hyouk Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Ho Chang (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyoung Ho Ryou (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner includes a housing having an introduction opening through which air is introduced, a filtering unit configured to be mounted in an inner space of the housing, and defining a dust collection space between the filtering unit and an inner surface of the housing, and a cleaning unit configured to surround the filtering unit, and configured to be rais...