ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,141, issued on April 29, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Minho Cheong (Seoul, South Korea), Daekil Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Ohchul Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, and a hinge connecting the door to an upper surface of the cabinet. The hinge includes a mounting part mounted on the cabinet and a hinge pin inserted into the door. The door includes a door body that has a hinge mounting part and is filled with an insulating material, and a panel assembly mounted on a front surface of the door body. The hinge moun...