ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,212, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Interface and clothing treatment apparatus equipped with interface" was invented by Hyunseung Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Kyuchul Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface includes an encoder having a fixed part, a rotating part rotatably coupled to the fixed part, and a signal generating part generating an electrical signal when the rotating part rotates; an actuator having a shaft fixed to the rotating part, a handle fixed to the shaft, and a receiving space formed inside the handle; a display part having a fastening body f...