US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 18 for "Washing machine and spin-drying control method for washing machine" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,832, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Washing machine and spin-drying control method for washing machine" was invented by Jongmin Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Byunghyun Moon (Seoul, South Korea), Sangwook Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Youngjong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine includes: an outer tub, an inner tub, a drain pump driven by an electric current to thereby drain water from the outer tub, a motor providing a rotational force to the inner tub, and a control unit controlling the drain pump and the motor. The control unit rotates the motor to in...