ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,076, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Cleaner" was invented by Nokhaeng Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeawon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeonghoon Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hooijoong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hwagyu Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungcheol Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jinho Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a cleaner including: a main body; and a fan motor configured to generate a suction force inside the main body, wherein the fan motor includes: a motor configured to generate a rotational force; an impeller rotatab...