US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on May 12 for "Laundry treatment apparatus" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,489, issued on May 12, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Laundry treatment apparatus" was invented by Younghun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Uikun Hwang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laundry treatment apparatus includes a load unit for adding more weight to a tub receiving water. The load unit is more expanded in volume than a cross-sectional shape of the tub so that more weight is added to the tub, resulting in reduction in vibration amplitude of the tub."

The patent was filed on April 26, 2022, under Application No. 18/557,805.

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