ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,864, issued on July 15, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator" was invented by Duchan Ki (Seoul, South Korea), Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Deokhyun Youn (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum adiabatic body between a first space and a second space includes an alternating current line through which AC current flows as a driving source, a direct current line through which direct current flows as a driving source, and a signal line through which a control signal flows as electric lines configured to electrically connect the first space to the sec...