ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,618,188, issued on May 5, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Washing machine" was invented by Youngseong Cheon (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A washing machine including a cabinet, a tub arrangeable inside the cabinet, and a detergent supply device configured to supply a detergent to the tub, wherein the detergent supply device includes a housing coupleable to the cabinet, a case insertable into the housing or drawn out from the housing, and a detergent container coupleable to and decoupleable from the case such that while the detergent container is coupled to the case, the deterge...