ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,821, issued on May 13, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Linear compressor" was invented by Kiwon Noh (Seoul, South Korea), Donghyeok Kwon (Seoul, South Korea) and Sungchul Gong (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor includes a shell, a frame disposed in the shell, the frame including a body portion and a first flange portion extending radially from a front of the body portion, a cylinder fixed to the body portion, and a piston disposed in the cylinder and configured to reciprocate axially. The first flange portion includes a hole penetrating ...