ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,197, issued on June 23, was assigned to ELECTROLUX APPLIANCES AKTIEBOLAG (Stockholm).

"Refrigerator with a variable speed compressor and a method for controlling the compressor speed" was invented by Tommaso Pellegrini (Porcia, Italy), Mario Vargas (Stockholm) and Augusto Buosi (Porcia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Refrigerator (200, 210) comprising a compartment (13a) for storing foodstuff; a cooling system (200, 210) comprising an evaporator (12a), a condenser (14) and a variable speed compressor (10), the cooling system (200, 210) being adapted to go through a refrigeration cycle at certain intervals. A control system (11)...