ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,785, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Laundry treatment apparatus" was invented by Seyoung Woo (Seoul, South Korea), Joonho Pyo (Seoul, South Korea), Jeongyeon Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Byungjae Choi (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 at least one of the drum or the agit...