ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,709,832, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER WASHING ELECTRIC APPLIANCE Co. LTD (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Detergent compartment and laundry processing device" was invented by Chengshan Lei (Shandong, China), Meijing Wang (Shandong, China), Yang Li (Shandong, China), Yunpeng Sun (Shandong, China) and Chunfeng Zhang (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a detergent compartment and a laundry processing device. The detergent compartment includes a first receiving cavity. The top of the first receiving cavity is provided with a water inlet. A water inlet assembly is...