ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,168, issued on March 25, was assigned to HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Hefei, China), HEFEI HUALING Co. LTD. (Hefei, China) and MIDEA GROUP Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).
"Ice-making device and refrigeration machine" was invented by Yunyun Xie (Hefei, China), Tuo Liu (Hefei, China) and Zhanhui Chen (Hefei, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice-making device and a refrigeration machine are provided. The ice-making device includes a bracket, provided with a plurality of ice-making boxes; an operating member, mounted on the bracket; and a connector, connected between the operating member and the plurality of ice-making boxes to f...