ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,339,058, issued on June 24, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator" was invented by Daewoong Kim (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 and a refrigerator are provided. The vacuum adiabatic body includes a support that maintains a vacuum space between a first plate and a second plate, and a heat resistance unit comprising at least one radiation resistance sheet that blocks radiation heat transfer in the vacuum space so as to reduce heat transfer between the first plate and the second plate. The support inc...