ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,044, issued on June 16, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator having grille fan assembly" was invented by Kihwang Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sunghee Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Sangho Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Hojin Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Dong Hwi Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a refrigerating compartment, a freezing compartment, and an ice-making compartment. The refrigerating compartment is configured to receive cool air from a refrigerating compartment side grille fan assembly, and the ice-making compartment is configured to be located in any o...