ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,061, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Wonyeong Jung (Seoul, South Korea) and Deokhyun Youn (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator including an inner case, an outer case, and a vacuum space provided between the inner case and the outer case to insulate the inner case from the outer case. The inner case defines an exterior appearance of a storage space, with a communication hole formed therein. The outer case is spaced apart a predetermined distance from the inner case, and a communication is formed at a position corresponding to the co...