US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Sept. 16 for "Latch module and an appliance using the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,182, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Latch module and an appliance using the same" was invented by Jeongkil Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Myeong Jun Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Jangmo Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Seongho Jeong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A latch module incorporated with an automatic opening function and a secure lock function includes a latch, a spring that applies a force to move the latch in a first direction, a drive to move the latch in a second direction, a cam that transmits power of the drive to the latch, and first and second switches that are...