US Patent Issued to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR, HAIER SMART HOME on Nov. 4 for "Vacuum insulator and insulated container" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,723, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Vacuum insulator and insulated container" was invented by Bin Fei (Qingdao, China), Zhanzhan Liu (Qingdao, China), Xiaobing Zhu (Qingdao, China) and Peng Li (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a vacuum insulator, comprising: a metal plate; a glass plate arranged facing and spaced apart from the metal plate; and a sealing structure arranged between the metal plate and the glass plate for fixing the metal plate and the glass plate in a sealed manner, with a vacuum cavity b...