ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,535,077, issued on Jan. 27.
"Electric compressor" was invented by Tohru Tanaka (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric compressor includes: a housing of an electric motor that is a power source of a compressor unit; a rotor that rotates inside the housing of the electric motor; a coil spring biasing the rotor in a rotation axis direction; a bearing interposed between the electric motor and the housing of the electric motor, and including an inner ring held by the rotor, and an outer ring biased by the coil spring to abut against an abutting portion of the housing of the electric motor; and a stopper that prohibits the rotor fro...