ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,295, issued on June 30, was assigned to HEFEI HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Hefei City, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdoa City, China).

"Heat exchange tube assembly, fabrication method thereof and refrigerator" was invented by Zhanzhan Liu (Qingdao City, China), Peng Li (Qingdao City, China) and Haijuan Wang (Qingdao City, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a heat exchange tube assembly, a fabrication method thereof and a refrigerator, wherein the heat exchange tube assembly includes a heat exchange tube group, the heat exchange tube group includes a capillary tube and a gas return tube whi...