ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,051, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing apparatus and controlling method thereof" was invented by Namgil Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junhyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seunghun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngjin Um (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing apparatus is provided. The washing apparatus includes a main body having a door, a spin basket disposed inside the main body and rotating about a rotary shaft, a motor providing power to the rotary shaft, a spring clutch including a first core rotating in conjunction with the motor and a ...