ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,024, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Thetford BV (Etten-Leur, Netherlands).

"Refrigerator" was invented by Yannick Maaskant (Kruisland, Netherlands), Kevin Wolterink (Breda, Netherlands), Wilhelmus Hendrikus Nicolaas Maria Van Mensvoort (Prinsenbeek, Netherlands), Joost Marinius Van Rooijen (Kapelle, Netherlands), Dennis Dekkers (Breda, Netherlands), Yahui Xian (Breda, Netherlands), Victorius Godefridus Maria Haans (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Leendert Jan Antoon Jansen (Rotterdam, Netherlands), Godefridus Wilhelmus Van Dorst (Breda, Netherlands), Emma Recter (Utrecht, Netherlands) and Thomas Cornelis Johannes Kieboom (Dordrecht, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released ...