ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,958, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dometic Sweden AB (Solna, Sweden).
"Damped mobile compressor" was invented by James E. Allard (Davisburg, Mich.), Mark L. Smith (Buchanan, Mich.) and Peng Wang (Jin Wan, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damped compressor used in mobile appliances. The appliances may comprise a compressor which is disposed within a housing and is in fluid communication with a refrigerant system. Within the housing there is an improved damping or stabilizer system which limits movement of electric or mechanical portions, or both, of the compressor within the housing. At startup and shutdown, when oscillatio...