ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,029, issued on June 16, was assigned to Tyco Fire & Security GmbH (Neuhausen am Rheinfall, Switzerland).

"System and method for adjusting position of a compressor" was invented by Paul William Snell (York, Pa.) and John Trevino Jr. (York, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC&R) system includes a compressor having a housing, a shaft disposed within and extending through the housing, and an impeller coupled to the shaft, where the shaft is configured to rotate relative to the housing and about an axis to rotate the impeller. The HVAC&R system also includes a controller con...