ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,865, issued on July 28, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Germany).

"Electric compressor with integrated vapor injection circuit" was invented by Nick George Sabha (Lewiston, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric scroll compressor configured to compress a refrigerant for use with a vapor injection system, is provided. The compressor includes refrigerant inlet and outlet ports and a vapor injection port. The housing includes a valve plate having at least one vapor injection channel. A compression device includes a fixed scroll and an orbiting scroll. The orbiting scroll and the fixed scroll form compression chambers ...