US Patent Issued to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS on June 23 for "Door opening device and refrigerator having the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,200, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Door opening device and refrigerator having the same" was invented by Suhyeong Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joongkyung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Seunghoon Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a refrigerator including a main body, a storage compartment provided inside the main body with a front side that is open, a drawer-type door slidably coupled to the main body to open and close the storage compartment, and including a door cap having a handle pocket, and a door opening device coupled to the door c...