ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,047, issued on June 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Chomin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yangyeol Gu (Suwon-si, South Korea), Seongwoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Chanbin Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Yongman Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a refrigerator capable of fixing a door panel to a door body by using a sliding trim. The refrigerator comprises: a main body provided to form a storage compartment; and a door configured to open and close the storage compartment. The door comprises: a door body comprising a fi...