ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,784, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine" was invented by Kyunam Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heejin Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngjin Um (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jungwoo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a washing machine with an improved stirring device. The washing machine includes a tub, a rotating tub rotatably provided in the tub, a stirring device including a first stirring portion rotatably provided below the rotating tub, and a second stirring portion coupled to the first stirring portion. The second stirring po...