ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,502, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Wuxi, China).

"Distributor, water intake system, and laundry treating device" was invented by Shengye Huang (Wuxi, China) and Jinyang Zhang (Wuxi, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distributor, a water intake system, and a laundry treating device. The distributor includes a base, the base including a water accommodating portion which is used to define a water flow boundary, and an insertion portion being formed at an upper end of the water accommodating portion; a cover plate, a fitting slot being formed in the cover plate, and the insertion portion bein...