ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,427, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Reciprocating compressor" was invented by Younghwan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jongmok Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangmin Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reciprocating compressor according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a discharge unit including a first discharge muffler including a first muffler body and a first muffler cover coupled to the first muffler body; a second discharge muffler including a second muffler body and a second muffler cover coupled to the second muffler body; a first discharge hose c...