US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on Sept. 30 for "Refrigerator door open/closed recognition device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,279, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Refrigerator door open/closed recognition device" was invented by Shinichi Horii (Shiga, Japan) and Kenichi Kakita (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A door open/closed recognition device is configured to be attached to a top surface of an exterior of a refrigerator to be used. The door open/closed recognition device includes an attachment portion that is provided on a bottom surface of the door open/closed recognition device and configured to fix the door open/closed recognition device on the top surface; a wirele...