ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,296, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Vacuum adiabatic body and refrigerator" was invented by Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Daewoong Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Hyeunsik Nam (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 includes a heat exchange pipeline and a sealing assembly. The heat exchange pipeline includes at least two pipelines which pass through a first plate and a second plate to allow a refrigerant to move between inner and outer spaces. The sealing assembly allows the heat exchange pipeline to pass through...