ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,608, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing machine and method of controlling the same" was invented by Seunghun Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeongnam Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Wanhee Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaepoong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kwangmin Chun (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine including a tub, a drum configured to be rotatable inside the tub, a detergent supply device configured to supply a detergent into the tub, the detergent supply device including a storage area, a pump motor configured to pump a liquid in th...