US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on June 10 for "Water purifier and method for controlling same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,617, issued on June 10, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Water purifier and method for controlling same" was invented by Seokuk Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyungkeun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kookjeong Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seonjeong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jongho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Doyun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water purifier includes a water tank having a cold water path inside the tank, a coolant inside the water tank, a cooling device including an evaporator inside the water tank and through which a refrigerant flows, and a co...