ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,673, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES INC. OF ZHUHAI (Zhuhai, China).

"Motor rotor, self-starting synchronous reluctance motor, and compressor" was invented by Yusheng Hu (Zhuhai, China), Bin Chen (Zhuhai, China), Yong Xiao (Zhuhai, China), Xia Li (Zhuhai, China) and Jinfei Shi (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a motor rotor, a self-starting synchronous reluctance motor, and a compressor. The motor rotor includes a rotor core. The rotor core includes a first rotor lamination, filling slots and rotor slots are formed in the first rotor lamination, the filling slots include second fil...