ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,834, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dryer" was invented by Hyojun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hongjun Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Hyuksoo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Yangguk Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeonjoong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Oshin Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Minji Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yeonju Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer includes a drum, a fixing panel that is spaced apart from a rear cover of the drum and defines a panel through-hole, a stator disposed in the panel through-hole and a rotor configured to rotate relative to the stator, a pow...