US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 2 for "Clothing treatment device and control method therefor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,217, issued on June 2, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Clothing treatment device and control method therefor" was invented by Young Han Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Sun Cheol Bae (Seoul, South Korea) and Jung Hun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control method of a clothing treatment device including a cabinet forming an exterior, a tub provided in the cabinet and configured to store water, a drum provided to the tub in a rotatable manner and configured to receive clothing, a drainage unit configured to drain water from the tub, and a driving unit configured to rotate the drum is provide...