US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 23 for "Dishwasher and control method thereof" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,978, issued on June 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Dishwasher and control method thereof" was invented by Ilhwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Seunghun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangheon Yoon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method of controlling a dishwasher. The method of controlling a dishwasher of the present disclosure includes steps of: detecting a temperature of air supplied to a tub through a heating duct by a temperature sensor; operating a supply fan which supplies outdoor air to the heating duct; operating a heater disposed in the heating ...