US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Aug. 4 for "Water heater and method for controlling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,684, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Water heater and method for controlling the same" was invented by Hansaem Park (Seoul, South Korea), Byeongsu Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jungmin Park (Seoul, South Korea), Hojin Seo (Seoul, South Korea) and Junyoung Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water heater and a method for controlling the same are provided. The water heater may include a compressor and a condenser disposed on an outlet side of the compressor and configured to perform heat exchange with water and may constitute a branch passage by branching an outlet-side pass...