ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,323, issued on Feb. 18, 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 Jungjae Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method controls a refrigerator including first and second trays defining an ice chamber, a driving unit for moving the second tray, an ice bin for storing ice produced in the ice chamber, and an ice-fullness detection means for detecting whether or not the ice bin is full of ice. The method includes supplying water to the ice chamber when the second tray is at a water-supply ...