ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,272, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Heejun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Dongjeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes: a cabinet; a door rotatably connected to the cabinet by a hinge; and a door opening device for opening the door. The door opening device includes a driving motor and a push member configured to move in the forward/backward direction. The push member includes a first end portion positioned close to the front surface of the cabinet and a second end portion positioned on the opposite side of the first ...