ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,873, issued on May 12, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Qingdao, China).

"Refrigeration system and refrigerating appliance" was invented by Jian Ma (Shandong, China), Lisheng Ji (Shandong, China), Jianquan Chen (Shandong, China), Zhanpeng Cui (Shandong, China), Xianghui Zhao (Shandong, China) and Fei Xing (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigeration system includes: a refrigeration assembly including a compressor, a first evaporator, and a second evaporator; and a first defrost bypass pipeline and a second defrost bypass pipeline for circulating refr...