ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,946, issued on June 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing machine" was invented by Yeonje Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Dongbum Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine includes a main body, a tub inside the main body, a drum configured to be rotated inside the tub, and a drive device configured to rotationally drive the drum. The drive device includes a drum shaft connected to the drum, a motor including a stator and a rotor configured to be rotated by an interaction with the stator, a sun gear connected to the rotor, a carrier connected to the drum sh...