ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,831, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to DANFOSS A/S (Nordborg, Denmark).

"Housing arrangement for refrigerant compressor" was invented by Sushank Thotakoori (Tallahassee, Fla.), Marius Dragut (Tallahassee, Fla.), Lin Xiang Sun (Tallahassee, Fla.), Brandon Keith Pritchard (Tallahassee, Fla.), Wenchao Cao (Tallahassee, Fla.), Ruiguo Gao (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Joshua David Flesch (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A housing for a refrigerant compressor may include a first portion made of a metallic material and surrounding moving parts of the refrigerant compressor. The housing may further include a second portion mounte...