ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,889, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine and washing water supply device" was invented by Min Hyung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Mook Kim (Osan-si, South Korea), Yong Kwon Won (Suwon-si, South Korea), Masato Suzuki (Saitama, South Korea), Mitsuhiro Shigeri (Yokohama, Japan), Young Sun Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Goan Su Jung (Yeosu-si, South Korea), Amitoj Singh (Gurgaon, India) and Gyu Woo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a washing machine including a main body having an opening and a door assembly disposed at the opening, whe...