ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,153, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Air conditioner" was invented by Sang Ki Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Ki Jun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dae Dong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Chang Heon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Moon Sun Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Young Lae Jo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner includes a discharge blade configured to move between a guide position at which a direction of air blown from a blower fan and discharged to an outlet is controlled, and a closing position at which the outlet is closed, wherein the d...