ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,846, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing machine with drying function" was invented by Hyounyoung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heejin Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Bongjin Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea), Younghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seulgi Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine including a main body; a tub disposed inside the main body; a drum rotatably disposed inside the tub; a drying device including a compressor so that the drying device is configured to remove moisture from air discharged from the tub, heat the air from wh...