ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,502, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Home appliance including motor and control method for home appliance" was invented by Bumun Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heunggyun Roh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taeho Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangmin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Namhyoung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Namkyu Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method for a home appliance including a motor that is driven by a driving current. The control method includes (a) receiving a stop signal to stop the motor, (b) based on receiving the stop signal,...