ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,892, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing machine" was invented by Baekgyu Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minhyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Naeyoung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jonghun Sung (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a washing machine including a cabinet including a front panel in which a laundry inlet is formed, a door coupled to the front panel to open and close the laundry inlet, a door-lock disposed on a rear of the front panel and coupleable with the door to maintain the door in a closed state, a cove...