ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,458, issued on July 7, was assigned to Copeland Climate Technologies (Suzhou) Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).
"Fixed scroll assembly and scroll compressor" was invented by Xuan Liu (Suzhou, China), Yuancan Fang (Suzhou, China) and Hongwei Zou (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fixed scroll assembly for a scroll compressor includes a fixed scroll part, at least two bypass inlet sections, piston chambers, bypass discharge channels, pistons, a connecting groove, a sealing assembly, and a bypass control device. The piston chambers are provided on the sides of the corresponding bypass inlet sections and extend to an outer end surfa...