ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,708, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Robot" was invented by Youngeun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaecheon Sa (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot according to the present embodiment comprises: a body including an accommodation body in which an accommodation space is formed; a door connected to the body by means of a hinge, and rotated around the first hinge so as to open/close the accommodation space; a driving source provided in the body; a power transmission member for transmitting the rotation power of the driving force between the driving source and the door; and ...