ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,768,356, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES LTD. (Tokyo).
"Compressor-adapted enclosure and compressor unit" was invented by Shunsuke Yakushiji (Tokyo), Yasunori Watanabe (Tokyo) and Takayuki Hagita (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor-adapted enclosure includes: a main body configured to accommodate and enclose a compressor in the main body; and a plurality of protruding parts protruding from an inner face of the main body, the plurality of protruding parts being in contact with the compressor. The main body is rigid to the degree that the main body bends under its own weight. The protruding par...