US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 2 for "Dishwasher" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,420, issued on June 2, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dishwasher" was invented by Gyu Han Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Seung Hun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Byeong Hyeon Ju (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dishwasher includes a sorption drying device in which a heater is disposed in a linear air flow path extending in a downward inclination angle, at least a portion of air that has passed through the linear air flow path collides with a bottom surface of a moisture absorbent receiving portion and thus is introduced to a lower side of the moisture absorbent, so that a separate means for f...