ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,684, issued on March 24, was assigned to Dometic Sweden AB (Solna, Sweden).

"Refrigerator" was invented by William Hunter (Shelby Township, Mich.) and Jan-Peter Loerts (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Present embodiments provide a console refrigerator for use in a vehicle. More specifically, but without limitation, present embodiments provide a console refrigerator which may be easily integrated into a vehicle compartment or console for cooling of various items including, but not limited to, food, drink, or medicine."

The patent was filed on June 1, 2021, under Application No. 18/000,618.

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