ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,173, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Refrigerator and method of controlling the same" was invented by Ganghyun Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sookang Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kyungtae Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator including a body; a water supply device including a water supply pipe at least partially inserted into the body, and a water supply valve to open and close the water supply pipe; an ice making device including an ice making tray defining an ice making space, the ice making tray being movable so that water from the water ...