US Patent Issued to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES on June 23 for "Scroll compressor and refrigeration apparatus including the same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,007, issued on June 23, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Scroll compressor and refrigeration apparatus including the same" was invented by Yasuhiro Murakami (Osaka, Japan), Yasuo Mizushima (Osaka, Japan), Takeshi Endo (Osaka, Japan), Akira Himeda (Osaka, Japan) and Tsuyoshi Fukunaga (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scroll compressor includes a casing, a partition member, a compression element, and first and second flow paths provided in the partition member. The casing has a cylindrical shape with an internal space for lubricating oil. The partitioning member is fixed to the casing to divide the i...