ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,621, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Hanon Systems (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Electric compressor" was invented by Chan Ho Baek (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyo Keun Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung Ah Hong (Daejeon, South Korea), Sae Bom Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Gwang Hoon Song (Daejeon, South Korea) and Suk Jae Chung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric compressor including: a rotating shaft configured to drive a compression mechanism; a rotor configured to have a rotating shaft through-hole into which the rotating shaft is inserted; a cover configured to cover a longitudinal end of the rotor; and a stato...