US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on March 17 for "Washing machine and method of controlling the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,718, issued on March 17, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Washing machine and method of controlling the same" was invented by Sungmo Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Junhyun Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungjong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seunghoon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Haneal Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine includes: a cabinet on a front side thereof with an inlet through which laundry is input; a tub inside the cabinet and having an opening corresponding to the inlet; a drum rotatably inside the tub; a motor configured to provide power for r...