US Patent Issued to Copeland on Sept. 1 for "Scroll compressors including ring-shaped counterweight assemblies" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,587, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Copeland LP (Sidney, Ohio).

"Scroll compressors including ring-shaped counterweight assemblies" was invented by Stephen M. Hopkins (Dayton, Ohio) and Zhe Lin (Troy, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor includes a shell, a compression mechanism, a driveshaft operable to drive the compression mechanism to compress a fluid, and a ring-shaped counterweight assembly positioned on the driveshaft. The counterweight assembly includes a counterweight fixed on the driveshaft and a cover attached to the driveshaft via a snap fit connection. The counterweight includes a coupling ring and a main...