ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,157, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to FUJITSU GENERAL Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).
"Sealed compressor" was invented by Shoji Kawazoe (Kanagawa, Japan), Akira Inoue (Kanagawa, Japan) and Shingo Yahaba (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sealed compressor includes a base member that is welded to a compressor main body container and that supports the compressor main body container. The compressor main body container includes a bottom shell. The base member includes a mounting surface on which the bottom shell is mounted. At the center of the mounting surface, an opening is formed into which the central part of the bottom shel...