ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,954, issued on July 21, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air cleaner" was invented by Kunyoung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Bohyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaewan Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air cleaner according to the present disclosure includes: a first body having an inlet and an outlet; a filter disposed inside the first body to face the inlet; a blower fan disposed inside the first body and configured to generate an air flow from the inlet to the outlet; a blower motor disposed inside the first body and configured to rotate the blower fan; and a second body disposed over ...