ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,222,151, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Guangdong, China).

"Refrigerator and ice making method thereof" was invented by Xiaofen Long (Foshan, China), Huimin Yao (Foshan, China), Yuhua Guo (Foshan, China) and Yubo Lu (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator is provided and includes a refrigerator body, a door body, an ice making apparatus and a controller. The refrigerator body includes a storage compartment. The door body is pivotally connected to the refrigerator body to open or close the storage compartment. The ice making apparatus includes a plurality of ice m...