US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on June 23 for "Door opening speed controller and automatic opening structure for an appliance" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,505, issued on June 23, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Door opening speed controller and automatic opening structure for an appliance" was invented by Jangmo Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Jeongkil Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Myeong Jun Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Seongho Jeong (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangki Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An appliance includes a hinge module between a main body and a pull-down door. The hinge module includes a housing, a rotational axis member disposed in the housing serving as a center of rotation between the pull-down door and the main body, an inner li...