ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,046, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Ice maker and refrigerator" was invented by Jinil Hong (Seoul, South Korea) and Yonghyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker includes an upper assembly having an upper tray that defines upper portions of a plurality of ice making chambers. The ice maker also includes a lower assembly that is located vertically below the upper assembly and configured rotate relative to the upper assembly. The lower assembly includes a lower tray that defines lower portions of the plurality of ice making chambers, and a lower support that ...