ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,840, issued on April 22, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator" was invented by Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Deokhyun Youn (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum adiabatic body includes: a first plate, a second plate, a sealing part sealing the first plate and the second plate to provide a third space, a supporting unit maintaining the third space, and a heat resistance unit for decreasing a heat transfer amount between the first plate and the second plate. The second plate may include a front part and a side part having a different extending di...