ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,687, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).
"Electrical refrigerant compressor" was invented by Steffen Koch (Frechen, Germany), Andreas Dick (Gummersbach, Germany) and Dirk Gutberlet (Wurselen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A refrigerant compressor which has a drive unit and a compressor unit coupled thereto, wherein the drive unit has a motor housing through which refrigerant can flow and accommodates an electric motor with a rotatable shaft, wherein the compressor unit accommodates a scroll compressor which is driven by the shaft, wherein the motor housing includes a housing wall exposed ...