ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,376, issued on July 22, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Drum module for cleaner and cleaner including the same" was invented by Hun Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihwan Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyoungwoung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongjun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cleaner includes a main body and a suction head connected to the main body to suck foreign objects into the main body therethrough, the suction head including a housing including a suction port, and a drum module disposed in the housing, and to be rotated to scatter the foreign objects to b...