ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,516, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).
"Compressor" was invented by Raul Corralejo Anton (Burgos, Spain), Robert James Kyle (Bristol, Great Britain) and Christopher Ashley Monk (Royal Wootton Bassett, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor is provided for use in domestic appliances. The compressor includes: an impeller including an inlet, an outlet, a hub defining a rotational axis of the impeller, a plurality of impeller blades that extend from the hub, and a shroud that at least partially surrounds the impeller blades; a housing that at least partially surrounds...