ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,111, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Sanggyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Younseok Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yongwon Dong (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes: a cabinet having a storage space; a hinge bracket coupled to the cabinet; a door which is rotatably coupled to a shaft provided at the hinge bracket, and which open/close the storage space; and an automatic closing device which is provided at the door at a position spaced from the rotational center line of the door, and which operates together with the hinge brack...