US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 30 for "Laundry treating apparatus and method for controlling the laundry treating apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,914, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus and method for controlling the laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Taewon Cheon (Seoul, South Korea), Jaehwan Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Byeongjo Ryoo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method for controlling a laundry treating apparatus, wherein the laundry treating apparatus includes: a drum having a laundry storage space defined therein; a duct defining a channel for supplying air discharged from the drum back to the drum; a fan to move air along the duct; a heat-absorber for remov...