ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,789, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to GUANGDONG MEIZHI PRECISION-MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Foshan, China).

"Compressor and refrigeration apparatus" was invented by Xiaofeng Wang (Foshan, China), Yong Guo (Foshan, China), Shengming Liang (Foshan, China) and Hongwei Zeng (Foshan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor and a refrigeration apparatus are provided. The compressor has a compressor body, a reservoir and a connection pipe. The compressor body has a housing and a compression assembly disposed in the housing. A compression cavity is defined by the compression assembly and has an air suction port. A guide pipe is disp...