US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 2 for "Refrigerator" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,637, issued on June 2, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Youngseung Song (Seoul, South Korea), Kyongbae Park (Seoul, South Korea), Yunsu Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Namsoo Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Kyunghun Cha (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangbok Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator according to an embodiment includes an evaporator; a defrost heater; a temperature sensor to sense a temperature associated with the evaporator; and a controller to control the defrost heater. In response to reaching a defrost operation starting point, the controller is con...