US Patent Issued to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL on June 30 for "Reed retainer mechanism and electric compressor with reed retainer mechanism" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,122, issued on June 30, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Germany).

"Reed retainer mechanism and electric compressor with reed retainer mechanism" was invented by Donald Miller (Lancaster, N.Y.), Nick Sabha (Lewiston, N.Y.) and Shelly Hamilton (Niagara Falls, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor includes a housing defining an intake volume and a discharge volume. An inlet port introduces refrigerant to the intake volume. An outlet port is configured to allow compressed refrigerant to exit the compressor from the discharge volume. A reed mechanism includes a discharge reed and a reed retainer. The reed retainer has...