US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on May 26 for "Vacuum cleaner with flow path defined in the contact portion" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,635,838, issued on May 26, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vacuum cleaner with flow path defined in the contact portion" was invented by Moo Hyun Ko (Seoul, South Korea), Nam Il Woo (Seoul, South Korea), Kyoung Ho Ryou (Seoul, South Korea), Hae Rim Bak (Seoul, South Korea) and Young Soo Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cleaner includes: a suction nozzle including a rotating cleaner located in front of a suction port; a cleaning main body provided with a first motor that generates a suction force; and a distance sensor coupled to the suction nozzle. The distance sensor detects a dis...