ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,378, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SANDEN Corp. (Gunma, Japan).

"Scroll compressor with shaft balancer and bushing balancer" was invented by Atsuo Teshima (Isesaki, Japan), Taizo Sato (Isesaki, Japan), Hisashi Suzuki (Isesaki, Japan) and Tatsuhito Inoue (Isesaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a scroll compressor with a first line VL passing through a center line CL0 of a rotary shaft 30 and a center line CL2 of an eccentric bushing 72, and with a second line HL passing through the line CL0 and being orthogonal to the line VL, a center of gravity G1 of a bushing balancer 721 integral with the bushing 72 is located oppos...