ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,343, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Copeland Europe GmbH (Berlin).

"Thermal deformation management in a stationary scroll plate of a scroll compressor" was invented by Jesus Angel Nohales Herraiz (Welkenraedt, Belgium), Xiaogeng Su (Welkenraedt, Belgium), Marco Alonso Cardenas-Ruiz (Welkenraedt, Belgium) and Matus Haluska (Welkenraedt, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stationary scroll plate for use in a scroll compressor is described. The stationary scroll plate comprises a base plate having a first side and a second side, wherein the second side opposes the first side; a spiral wrap formed at the first side of the base ...