ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,621, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to New Motech Co. Ltd. (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Motor for washing machine" was invented by Jeong Cheol Jang (Gwangju, South Korea), Gyeong Sik Yang (Gwangju, South Korea) and Seung Ju Park (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The motor for a washing machine includes a motor housing having a stator, a pair of first supports formed integrally with the motor housing in the front of the motor housing, a connection cylindrical member cylindrically extending backwardly from a middle part of the motor housing to be formed integrally with the motor housing, and a pair of second supports in...