ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,681, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Ice maker and refrigerator" was invented by Yonghyun Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jinil Hong (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyunji Park (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker includes: an upper tray defining an upper chamber that is a portion of an ice chamber; a lower tray rotatable relative to the upper tray and defining a lower chamber that is another portion of the ice chamber disposed under the upper chamber; an upper heater disposed around the upper tray for providing heat to the upper chamber; and a lower heater disposed around t...