ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,633, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Water supply device, and steam supply device and cooking device including same" was invented by Jihyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sungho Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water supply device, and a steam supply device and a cooking device including the same are disclosed. The disclosed invention comprises: a housing installed in a body of a cooking device; a water tank having a storage space formed therein to store water, wherein the water tank is installed at the housing to be movable between an insertion position at which th...