US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS on Aug. 11 for "Turbo compressor and turbo chiller comprising same" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,133, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES THERMAL SYSTEMS LTD. (Tokyo).

"Turbo compressor and turbo chiller comprising same" was invented by Ryosuke Suemitsu (Tokyo), Yusuke Ira (Tokyo), Shintaro Omura (Tokyo), Akimasa Yokoyama (Tokyo), Masaki Shimoide (Tokyo), Takahiro Kono (Tokyo), Yasutaka Aoki (Tokyo) and Satoshi Fukahori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This turbo compressor comprises: an impeller; a shaft part that causes the impeller to rotate; an electric motor that rotatably drives the shaft part; a casing that accommodates the electric motor; a magnetic bearing that supports the shaft part; a ...