US Patent Issued to HANON SYSTEMS on July 21 for "Electric compressor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,167, issued on July 21, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Electric compressor" was invented by Hyun Woo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Yong Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Taeg Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Gyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Kil Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Woo Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Hew Nam Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Seop Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Je Su Yun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric compressor includes a motor configured to generate power; a compression mechanism configured to be driven by the motor and to compress a refriger...