US Patent Issued to Regal Beloit America on July 7 for "Multi-capacity compressor with variable speed drive and method of use" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,604, issued on July 7, was assigned to Regal Beloit America Inc. (Beloit, Wis.).

"Multi-capacity compressor with variable speed drive and method of use" was invented by Ludovic Andre Chretien (Columbia City, Ind.) and Norman C. Golm (Fort Wayne, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for controlling a capacity of a motor-driven, multi-capacity compressor operable at each of a plurality of capacity levels. The system includes a controller configured to selectively couple the compressor to either a line-voltage terminal or a drive configured to control a speed of the motor. Embodiments of the controller can cause the compressor to...