ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,707, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Vertical beam assembly for refrigerator door and refrigerator" was invented by Peng Lyu (Shandong, China), Hao Zhang (Shandong, China) and Zhenxing Zhang (Shandong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door, comprising: a vertical beam body, comprises a base shell and a cover plate, the cover plate is provided over the base shell to form a foaming space for filling with foaming material; wherein the base shell provides multiple receptacle cavities a...