ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,944, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Junghwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Chanuk Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Hyuk Kwon (Seoul, South Korea), Sangmyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Ikkyu Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door opening/closing the cabinet and having an opening that is penetrated in a front/rear direction, a transparent panel assembly mounted to cover the opening and through which the inside of the refrigerant is seen, and a lighting member provided in the door or the cabinet to brighten a re...