US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on April 22 for "Ice maker and method for controlling ice maker" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,832, issued on April 22, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ice maker and method for controlling ice maker" was invented by Yonghyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Jinil Hong (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker of the present invention comprises: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber, wherein an upper opening is provided in an upper side of the upper tray; a lower tray defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber; a lower support supporting the lower tray and provided with a lower heater; and a control unit configured to oper...