ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,866, issued on July 15, was assigned to BSH Hausgerate GmbH (Munich).
"Built-in cooling device having a hinge box" was invented by Ali Bugra Keskinlioglu (Istanbul), Alpkan Basaran (Berlin), Sarah Gluck Griswold (Powell, Tenn.), Erhan Kaya (Tekirdag, Turkey) and Cemalettin Hasturk (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A built-in cooling device includes a body surrounding at least one storage compartment. At least one door is connected to the body by at least one hinge and is movable between a closed position in which a front opening provided for accessing inside the storage compartment is covered, and an open position for ...