ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,146, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Dongwoo Shin (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunjoo Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sung Han (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kwangsu Heo (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator comprises a main body including a suction port and a plurality of discharge ports; a storage compartment formed inside the main body; a thermoelectric element to supply cold air to the storage compartment while discharging heat generated; a heat sink receiving the heat from the thermoelectric element; a blowing fan below ...