ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,967, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Horizontal compressor" was invented by Yanghee Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Joonhyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A horizontal compressor includes a case; a high and low pressure separating plate dividing an inner space of the case into a high-pressure chamber and a low-pressure chamber; a compressor in the high-pressure chamber configured to be operated by a motor to compress refrigerant; a suction pipe in the case to communicate with the low-pressure chamber and through which the refrigerant is sucked; and...