ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,451, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to BITZER Kuehlmaschinenbau GmbH (Sindelfingen, Germany).
"Refrigerant compressor" was invented by Jens Mannewitz (Schkeuditz, Germany) and Tobias Fuhrer (Rottenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Refrigerant compressor for refrigeration systems, comprising an electric motor, at least two cylinder banks and a mechanical performance control unit for activating and deactivating at least one of the cylinder banks in order to activate or deactivate its refrigerant output, wherein, for the purpose of operation in partial performance conditions, the refrigerant compressor is operable in at leas...