ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,809, issued on April 7, was assigned to FOSHAN SHUNDE MIDEA WASHING APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Heat collecting pump and washing appliance having the same" was invented by Jianqing Wu (Foshan, China), Richao Liu (Foshan, China), Xiang Li (Foshan, China), Canhua Qiu (Foshan, China) and Pingping Xu (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat collecting pump includes a housing with an accommodation cavity and having fluid inlet and outlet, a heating device disposed in the accommodation cavity and including a heating tube, a drive device connected to the housing and configured to drive a fluid to flow fro...