ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,178, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing machine and control method thereof" was invented by Jungchul Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junhyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hooijoong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine according to an aspect of the disclosure includes: a drum; a tub accommodating the drum and storing water; a drum motor configured to provide a rotation force to the drum; a water supplier configured to supply water to the tub; a hot air supplier configured to supply hot air to the drum; a current sensor configured to ...