ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,177, issued on March 25, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator" was invented by Yonghyun Kang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Joongho Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jeongman Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyoseok Noh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Sungcheul Park (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator includes an inner case, an outer case, and an insulating material. The refrigerator includes a first door, a second door where the second door is to open and close at least another portion of a storage compartment, a rotating bar rotatable with respect to the first door or th...