ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,948, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Gyeoungjin Jeon (Seoul, South Korea), Taesang Park (Seoul, South Korea), Joonho Pyo (Seoul, South Korea), Boram Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeongyeon Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes a coupler that connects a housing (a gearbox) capable of rotating a driver and a drum in a clutch inside the housing."

The patent was filed on Feb. 3, 2022, under Application No. 18/274,941.

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