ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,857, issued on April 1, was assigned to QINGDAO HAIER SPECIAL REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD (Shandong, China), QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR Co. LTD. (Shandong, China) and HAIER SMART HOME Co. LTD. (Shandong, China).

"Liquid reservoir for refrigeration system, and refrigerator" was invented by Jianquan Chen (Qingdao, China), Jianru Liu (Qingdao, China) and Dongqiang Cao (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a liquid reservoir for a refrigeration system, and a refrigerator. The liquid reservoir comprises: a drum body, a gas-liquid separation chamber being defined therein; and an air intake pipe, used for connecting to an eva...