ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,677, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator and method for controlling the same" was invented by Seulki Min (Suwon-si, South Korea), Heemoon Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gaeul Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kookjeong Seo (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Insub Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes: a compressor; a condenser; a hot pipe; at least one capillary tube; at least one evaporator; a valve device including: an input port connected to the condenser; a first port connected to one end of the hot pipe; a second port connected to ...