ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,575, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Thermoelectric element cooling device and refrigerator comprising same" was invented by Jimin Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungwoo Yoo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Insub Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a thermoelectric element cooling device including: a thermoelectric element having an endothermic surface and an exothermic surface; a first heat dissipation plate connected to the endothermic surface and configured to dissipate heat to the endothermic surface; a first heat exchanger configured to transf...