ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,262, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Hiroshi Nakamura (Yokohama, Japan), Ryota Aoki (Yokohama, Japan), Hitoshi Takase (Yokohama, Japan), Tomohiko Matsuno (Yokohama, Japan) and Makoto Shibuya (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed refrigerator includes a compartment defined by a partition wall, a door configured to open and close the compartment, a sealing member on the door so that, when the compartment is closed by the door, the sealing member is between the compartment and the door and seals an inside of the compartment, a...