ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,166, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Jonghyun Son (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byoungmok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Taecheol 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 includes: a main body including a storage area; an inner door including a door storage space, the inner door being rotatably coupled with the main body; an outer door; and a hinge rotatably coupling the outer door with the inner door, the hinge including a hinge bracket that includes a fixing plate coupled with t...