ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,585, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Seongmin Song (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet, in which a storage space is defined, and a door configured to open and close the storage space. The door includes a door body and a panel assembly mounted in front of the door body. The panel assembly includes a lighting device configured to irradiate light, a panel which is configured to define a front surface of the door and through which light is transmitted, a light guide plate provided behind the panel to guide the ligh...