US Patent Issued to LG Electronics, EPTech on Oct. 21 for "Multi-joint link hinge and refrigerator including the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,187, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) and EPTech Co. Ltd. (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

"Multi-joint link hinge and refrigerator including the same" was invented by Changseok Oh (Seoul, South Korea) and Chunho Byun (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-joint link hinge includes a hinge bracket, a plurality of links axially coupled to the hinge bracket, and a door bracket coupled to the plurality of links. The hinge bracket includes a base portion that defines a plurality of screw coupling holes at a vertical surface thereof, a plurality of side portions that extend from th...