US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on June 23 for "Washing machine and method for controlling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,766, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine and method for controlling the same" was invented by Sukwoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minjoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Changju Oh (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sangyeol Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaepoong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine including a tub; a water supply valve configured to open or close a flow path to supply water to the tub; and a controller configured to (a) control the water supply valve to supply water to the tub to a target water level, (b) determine whet...