US Patent Issued to LG ELECTRONICS on Aug. 25 for "Refrigerator" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,641, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Sanggyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Younseok Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yongwon Dong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet which has a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door rotatably coupled to a shaft provided in the hinge bracket and opens/closes the storage space; and an automatic closing device provided in the door at a position spaced apart from the rotational center line of the door, and during closing of the door, is operated to automatically ...