US Patent Issued to DANFOSS on June 23 for "Temperature range extension for electric compressor" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,011, issued on June 23, was assigned to DANFOSS A/S (Nordborg, Denmark).

"Temperature range extension for electric compressor" was invented by Frank Ford (Tallahassee, Fla.), Jason Eick (Tallahassee, Fla.), Brandon Keith Pritchard (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Lin Xiang Sun (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric compressor includes an electric motor including a rotor and stator and a shaft rotating with the rotor to drive a compressor impeller. Bearings support the shaft. A housing encloses the impeller shaft, the bearings and the electric motor, and a sensor for sensing a condition within the housing. A control for ...