US Patent Issued to LG Electronics, EPTECH on Sept. 9 for "Multi-joint link hinge and refrigerator having the same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,969, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea) and EPTECH Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-joint link hinge may include hinge bracket provided with a base in which a plurality of screw coupling holes are defined, a plurality of side walls which protrude from the base and are spaced apart from each other in a vertical direction, a plurality of link modules which are vertically arranged between the side portions...