ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,640, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Hyungkwen Ham (Suwon-si, South Korea), Namsoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaemin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Youngkyun Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door configured to open or close the cabinet; a fixing bracket fixed to the cabinet; a moving bracket under the fixing bracket to be movable with respect to the fixing bracket; a hinge bracket on the moving bracket and including a hinge shaft rotatably coupled to a lower end of the door; and ...