US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on July 7 for "Air conditioner" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,593, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Air conditioner" was invented by Suhyeon Jeong (Seoul, South Korea), Sooyeon Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Geunyoung Park (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air conditioner is provided that may include a case having an inlet and an outlet; a heat exchanger disposed inside of the case; a fan disposed inside of the case and elongated in a direction of a rotational axis of the fan; a guide that extends toward the outlet in a rotational direction of the fan; and a sterilizer mounted to the guide at a position facing the fan, and provided w...