ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,038, issued on June 16, was assigned to Haier US Appliance Solutions Inc. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Flux weakening for a single phase linear compressor" was invented by Joseph Wilson Latham (Louisville, Ky.) and Gregory William Hahn (Mt. Washington, Ky.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for operating a linear compressor of an appliance is provided. The method includes operating a motor of the linear compressor in order to drive a rotor of the motor. The method also include obtaining, via a controller of the linear compressor, a voltage feedback measurement of the motor. Further, the method includes adjusting, via the controller, a c...