ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,719, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).
"Screw compressor and refrigeration apparatus" was invented by Tadashi Okada (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A screw compressor includes a casing, a screw rotor accommodated in the casing to be rotationally driven, and a gate rotor assembly configured to rotate with rotation of the screw rotor. The gate rotor assembly includes a gate rotor including a plurality of flat plate-shaped gates configured to mesh with a helical groove of the screw rotor, and first and second support members. The first support member is made of a metal and includes a pl...