US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Oct. 27 for "Refrigerator" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,843, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Hyunsoo Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator including a cabinet having a storage space; a door configured to open and close the storage space; a hinge device connected to the cabinet and the door to enable rotation of the door; a damping device in contact with the hinge device to control a closing speed of the door; and a bracket module provided on one side of the cabinet. The bracket module includes a hinge bracket on which the hinge device is mounted, and a damping bracket on which the d...