ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,335, issued on July 21, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Sunghun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Daekil Kang (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet which has a storage space; a door which opens and closes the storage space; a hinge which connects the door and the cabinet and supports the door so that the door is capable of rotating; and a damping device which is provided on one side where the hinge is mounted and provides a damping force to the door when the door rotates in a closing direction, in which the damping device consists of an...