ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,949, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).
"Air-cooled refrigerator" was invented by Jian Ma (Shandong, China), Changzhi Wang (Shandong, China), Bin Fei (Shandong, China), Noda Toshinori (Shandong, China), Lingyun Dong (Shandong, China), Jianquan Chen (Shandong, China) and Hui Liu (Shandong, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air-cooled refrigerator comprises a bottom liner, a fan bottom shell, an air duct cover plate, and fan blades. A cooling chamber and a storage space are defined in the bottom liner. The fan bottom shell is ar...