ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,495, issued on May 12, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treating apparatus" was invented by Juhan Yoon (Seoul, South Korea), Jinhyouk Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Manseok Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeongwoong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treating apparatus includes a cabinet, a drum configured to accommodate laundry, a base disposed below the drum, a motor located behind the drum, and a heat exchange unit including a first heat exchanger, a second heat exchanger, and a compressor. The base includes a circulation flow path part configured to circulate air in the drum...