ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,398,948, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Hosang Park (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jeonghyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator including a cabinet having an outer case; a side panel including a main body; and an upper panel, wherein the side panel is configured to be detachably mounted on an outside of the outer case so that the main body forms an exterior of one side surface of the cabinet while the side panel is mounted to the outside of the outer case, and the upper panel is configured to be detachably coupled t...