ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,357, issued on June 3, was assigned to DANFOSS COMMERCIAL COMPRESSORS (Trevoux, France).
"Counterweight for a scroll compressor" was invented by Arnaud Daussin (Nordborg, Denmark), David Genevois (Nordborg, Denmark) and Remi Bou Dargham (Nordborg, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The counterweight (26) is manufactured by an additive manufacturing process and includes a mounting portion (28) having a first density and a mass portion (29) having a second density, the mass portion (29) being formed radially outward of the mounting portion (28), wherein the first density of the mounting portion (28) and the second density of the mas...