US Patent Issued to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL on March 17 for "Electric compressor with scroll backpressure system" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,951, issued on March 17, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Germany).

"Electric compressor with scroll backpressure system" was invented by Brent Haseley (Niagara Falls, N.Y.), Collin Reformat (Depew, N.Y.), Corey Van Auken (Buffalo, N.Y.) and James Rogers (Cheektowaga, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the refri...