ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,052, issued on May 6, was assigned to BROSE Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. KG Wurzburg (Wurzburg, Germany).

"Compressor module and electric-motor-driven refrigerant compressor" was invented by Budi Rinaldi (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Bjorn Fagerli (Rodheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor module has a compressor housing with a high-pressure chamber and an outlet for a compressed refrigerant, and a separation device, accommodated in the compressor housing, for separating out a lubricant mixed with the refrigerant. The separation device has a hollow-cylindrical separation portion and a funnel-shaped outlet portion for ...