US Patent Issued to Copeland on June 30 for "Compressor having shutdown valve assembly" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,126, issued on June 30, was assigned to Copeland LP (Sidney, Ohio).

"Compressor having shutdown valve assembly" was invented by Yogesh S. Mahure (Pune, India), Nikhil Naik (Pune, India) and Mohak Behl (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor may a first scroll, a second scroll, and a valve assembly. The second scroll may include a discharge passage. The valve assembly may include a valve housing fixed relative to the second scroll and a valve member movably received in the valve housing. The valve housing may include a plurality of angled apertures that are angled relative to a direction in which the valve member move...