US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 4 for "Ice maker and refrigerator including same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,672, issued on March 4, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Ice maker and refrigerator including same" was invented by Sunggyun Son (Seoul, South Korea), Donghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Wookyong Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Donghoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An ice maker may include a first tray for defining one portion of the ice-making cell, a second tray for defining the other portion of the ice-making cell, a heater for providing heat to the second tray, and a heater case having the heater coupled thereto. In an ice-making process, at least one portion of the heater case may ...