ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,392, issued on June 2, was assigned to Zhejiang Linix Motor Co. Ltd. (Dongyang, China) and Hurom Co. Ltd. (Gimhae-si, South Korea).

"Power device compatible with juicers and a blender" was invented by Xiaofeng Wu (Zhejiang, China), Haiqiang Zhao (Zhejiang, China), Jianhua Lan (Zhejiang, China), Hyanggon Kim (Ghimhae-si, South Korea) and Dae Hwa Kim (Yangsan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a driving apparatus for combined use of juicer and mixer, and the driving apparatus for combined use of juicer and mixer according to the present disclosure includes a driving part for generating power...