ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,608, issued on April 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing machine" was invented by Heejin Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Younghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seulgi Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyounyoung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine with a drying function can include a tub, a drum inside the tub and including: a cylindrical body having a rear end opening, and a drum back coupled to the cylindrical body to be over the rear end opening and including: a plurality of recess portions, a plurality of openings ...