US Patent Issued to HEFEI HAIER REFRIGERATOR, QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR, HAIER SMART HOME on Dec. 2 for "Refrigerator" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,024, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to HEFEI HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD (Anhui, China), QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Yanfeng Zhao (Shandong, China), Peng Lyu (Shandong, China), Hao Zhang (Shandong, China), Zhanzhan Liu (Shandong, China) and Xiangpeng Song (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet having an inner liner, the inner liner having a storage compartment having a front opening; a side-by-side door assembly including a first door and a second door; a vertical beam assembly, which is i...