ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,052, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine" was invented by Kwangmin Chun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Geonhui Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bongjin Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byeongwoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yonggyun Yim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a washing machine including: a housing; a tub disposed inside the housing; and a detergent supply configured to supply detergent to the tub. The detergent supply includes: a case mounted on the housing; a detergent box configured to be movable in a mounting direction to be mounted...