ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,946, issued on April 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Dryer" was invented by Wonjun Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ho Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyungjin Choe (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dryer comprises: a cabinet; a drum rotatable inside the cabinet; and a hot air supply device for supplying the inside of the drum with hot air. The drum includes: a rear plate to be arranged on the rear side of the drum, the rear plate including a hot air supply hole through which hot air flows toward the drum; and a hot air supply rod protruding along a direction toward the ...