ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,132, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Copeland LP (Sidney, Ohio).

"Cooling circuits for compressors and compressors including same" was invented by Michael M. Perevozchikov (Tipp City, Ohio) and Patrick Shawn O'Meara (Tipp City, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor system includes a compressor housing, a shaft rotationally supported within the compressor housing, a first impeller operably connected to the shaft at a first end, a second impeller operably connected to the shaft at a second end, a motor operably connected to the shaft, and a cooling circuit. The cooling circuit includes a coolant inlet passage for introduc...