ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,852, issued on July 28, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Reciprocating compressor with dual oil pump" was invented by Wooju Jeon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ohyeok Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kyungmin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Yongtae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jiwoong Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kisun Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Kichul Song (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reciprocating compressor is provided. The reciprocating compressor includes a case containing an oil reservoir, a motor including a stator disposed inside the case and a rotor that rotates with ...