ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,861, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Younghun Son (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet that defines a storage chamber having an open front surface, a door assembly configured to open and close the open front surface of the cabinet, and a door opening device including a push member configured to push one side surface of the door assembly and disposed in an upper portion of the cabinet, the door opening device being configured to open the door assembly automatically. The door assembly includes a touch assembly inclu...