ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,419,489, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Dishwasher" was invented by Hyung Man Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jeongkon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Min Jae Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeong In Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes a tub that defines a washing space configured to accommodate objects to be washed, a door coupled to a front of the tub, and a drying device disposed at the door and configured to guide (i) wet air discharged from the inside of the tub and (ii) ambient air introduced from an outside of the tub. The drying device includes a bracke...