ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,656, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Fixing clip and refrigerator" was invented by Haijuan Wang (Shandong, China), Yanbin Wan (Shandong, China), Wenchao Xue (Shandong, China) and Wenjing Cai (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixing clip, comprising a body portion, and a clamping portion provided with a first clamping section and a second clamping section, which respectively extend forwards from opposite ends of a front side of the body portion, wherein a space for accommodating a pipeline is defined between the f...