ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,030, issued on July 22, was assigned to Whirlpool Corp. (Benton Harbor, Mich.).
"Laundry machine" was invented by Matthew Borgerson (St. Joseph, Mich.), Dino Bucci (Castelplanio, Italy), Andreyson Jambersi (Araras, Brazil), Mario A Goncalves (Stevensville, Mich.) and Pushpendra Mahajan (Pune, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clothes dryer includes a housing, a fan, and a sound blocker. The housing defines an internal cavity and an orifice. The fan is configured to direct air through the internal cavity. The sound blocker is disposed within the cavity and is configured to linearly slide between a first position and a second posi...