ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,513, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing compressor" was invented by Satoshi Yamamoto (Osaka, Japan), Masatoshi Itou (Osaka, Japan), Takahiro Imai (Osaka, Japan), Shoujirou Naka (Osaka, Japan) and Daisuke Hiratsuka (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a compressor includes fixing a stator core to an inside of a barrel via a resin member by shrink fit. An outer peripheral surface of the resin member is a first joining surface. A surface in contact with the first joining surface on an inner peripheral surface of the barrel is a second joini...