ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,324, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINE & TURBOCHARGER LTD. (Sagamihara, Japan).
"Electric compressor" was invented by Tsuyoshi Kitamura (Tokyo), Byeongil An (Kanagawa, Japan), Makoto Ogawa (Kanagawa, Japan), Naomichi Shibata (Kanagawa, Japan), Hokuto Isoda (Tokyo) and Yasutaka Aoki (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This electric compressor comprises: a housing that includes a stator having a cylindrical shape; a rotating shaft that is disposed inside the housing and that has a rotor facing the stator; a low pressure wheel that is fixed to one axial side of the rotating shaft; a high pressure wh...