ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,362, issued on July 28, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Electric compressor" was invented by Hyun Woo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Taeg Oh (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, including: a motor configured to generate power; a compression mechanism configured to compress a refrigerant by receiving power from the motor; an inverter configured to control the motor; a connector connected to an external device; a power terminal extending from the connecter to the inverter so as to deliver power s...