ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,294, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Jongwoo Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngkyu Moon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaejin Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sungwook Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Joongkyung Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a refrigerator including a main body configured to form a storage chamber, a door configured to open and close the storage chamber, a hinge configured to rotatably support the door, and a height adjusting device configured to be coupled to the hinge and located inside the door, w...