ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,074, issued on May 13, was assigned to HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and QINGDAO HAIER SPECIAL REFRIGERATION ELECTRIC APPLIANCE Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).
"Refrigerating and freezing device" was invented by Haijuan Wang (Qingdao, China), Peng Li (Qingdao, China), Kunkun Zhao (Qingdao, China) and Sen Mu (Qingdao, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerating and freezing device (200) includes a cabinet defining at least one storage compartment, a refrigerating system configured to provide cooling capacity to the at least one storage compartment, and a heating unit (100). The heating unit (100) includes a metal co...