ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,983, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Joonyoung Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator is proposed. The refrigerator may include a cabinet having a storage compartment (F1, F2), and a barrier (30) dividing the storage compartment (F1, F2) into multiple spaces. In addition, a grille fan assembly 50 may be erected at the rear of the storage compartment (F1), and a blower fan (80) configured to blow cold air may be mounted to the grille fan assembly 50. The grille fan assembly (50) may be provided with the control knob (90), and th...