ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,309, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Flow path switching device" was invented by Junho Min (Seoul, South Korea), Sungbae Song (Seoul, South Korea) and Moonkee Chung (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a flow path switching device including: a case including a first nozzle into which fluid is introduced, a second nozzle through which fluid is discharged, a plurality of inner outflow pipes through which fluid supplied from the first nozzle flows, a plurality of inner inflow pipes through which the fluid supplied to the second nozzle flows, and a flow path connect...