ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,276, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Jihong Shin (Seoul, South Korea) and Mi Kyoung Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes a water sensor unit secured to a case to overlap with a lower surface of a water tank, so that the water level sensor unit may maintain a constant position and operational stability may be increased, regardless of whether the water tank is mounted or demounted, and the upper surface of the water level sensor unit is inclined toward the front surface of the water level sensor unit, thereby reducing...