ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,867, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Compressor including improved oil trap and home appliance including the compressor" was invented by Joonhyung Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Munseong Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaewoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sedong Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jongwon Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor according to an embodiment of the disclosure may include a case storing an oil therein, a compression device disposed inside the case to compress a refrigerant introduced into the case, a driving device disposed ...