ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,966, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Plate assembly and home appliance" was invented by Jaehyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinyoung Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Byungkwan Yang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngmin You (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Wonjae Yoon (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerator including a storage compartment and a cold air duct to guide cold air to the storage compartment, the cold air duct including a front plate facing the storage compartment, the front plate including a front body with a first coupling portion, a rear plate d...