US Patent Issued to Hisense USA on June 16 for "Refrigerator water dispenser" (Georgia, North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,051, issued on June 16, was assigned to Hisense USA Corp. (Suwanee, Ga.).

"Refrigerator water dispenser" was invented by Heng Tong Pit (Suwanee, Ga.), Jeesuk Lee (Johns Creek, Ga.), Steven J. Kuehl (Sylva, N.C.), JinXiong Pi (Suwanee, Ga.) and XueQing Liu (Suwanee, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a water dispenser and a liquid storage receptacle configured to be automatically filled via the water dispenser. The liquid storage receptacle includes a dispenser for opening a fluid channel between the liquid storage receptacle and a fluid container while the liquid storage receptacle is provided in the refrigera...