ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,442, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Seongjin Bae (Seoul, South Korea), Daekil Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Jonghyun Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Wonchan Cho (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a storage space, a door configured to open and close the storage space, a gap adjusting member configured to be provided between the door and the cabinet and to adjust a gap between the door and the cabinet, and a seating part configured to protrude from the door and to support the gap adjusting member. The gap ...