ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,615, issued on April 7, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Washing machine" was invented by Beomjun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sangjun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Sunjung Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a washing machine. The washing machine includes a tub, a drum rotatably provided in the tub, and a pump for draining and circulating wash water. The pump includes a pump housing, a drain chamber formed in the pump housing, a drain pump mounted in the drain chamber and provided with a drain impeller for generating a drain pressure in the drain chamber, a f...