ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,305, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to FUJITSU GENERAL Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Compressor with stator having large diameter and small diameter parts and welding parts joining housing and stator" was invented by Hiroaki Tanaka (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor includes: a compressor; and a motor that is disposed in the compressor housing. The motor has a rotor provided coaxially with respect to a rotary shaft of the compression part, and a stator disposed on an outer peripheral side of the rotor. In the stator, a plurality of large-diameter parts in contact with an inner peripheral surface of the compresso...