ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,189, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing machine and clothes treating apparatus" was invented by Seungoh Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jihye Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yongbin Lim (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, a drum, and a driving device. The driving device includes a drum shaft, a motor, and a planetary gear assembly. The planetary gear assembly includes a sun gear connected to a rotor, a carrier connected to the drum shaft, a planetary gear to transmit a rotary power of the sun gear to the carri...