ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,245, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Detergent supply apparatus and washing machine having same" was invented by Byeongwoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jindoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hoon Wee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine includes a cabinet; a tub in the cabinet; and a detergent supply apparatus which supplies detergent to the tub and includes: a housing; a detergent box configured to be inserted into the housing and thereby docked to the detergent pump so that detergent in the detergent box is suctionable by the detergent pump...