ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,485, issued on March 31, was assigned to GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).
"Household appliance" was invented by Shuaishuai Wei (Foshan, China), Yanqi Wu (Foshan, China) and Xinchao Zhu (Foshan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a household appliance, which includes: a support; a door body connected to the support through rotating and provided with a door hook; a buffer assembly mounted at the support. The buffer assembly includes a first elastic driving member, a second elastic driving member, a damper and a driving lever. The driving l...