ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,687, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Sanggyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Younseok Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yongwon Dong (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator comprises: a cabinet including a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to a shaft included in the hinge bracket and opens/closes the storage space; and an auto-closing device installed at the door in a position spaced apart from the center line of rotation of the door, the auto-closing device operating such that same acts w...