ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,062, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Home appliance" was invented by Siyoung Ryu (Seoul, South Korea), Dongkwan Yu (Seoul, South Korea) and Eunseo Choe (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a home appliance including a hinge assembly that generates a force to resist a force applied by a self-weight of a door and pivotably connects the door to a main body, wherein the hinge assembly includes a movable portion rotatable in association with the pivoting of the door, and a fixed portion that receives the force applied by the self-weight of the door and converts the r...