US Patent Issued to FUJITSU GENERAL on Dec. 9 for "Compressor endplate" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,700, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to FUJITSU GENERAL Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Compressor endplate" was invented by Koji Ukai (Kanagawa, Japan), Kenshi Ueda (Kanagawa, Japan), Naoto Tada (Kanagawa, Japan), Ryo Akimoto (Kanagawa, Japan), Tatsuya Yasui (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yudai Morita (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An end plate includes a plurality of connection portions coupling a center portion and an outer peripheral portion, and a plurality of through holes formed between the connection portions. The center portion includes a recess portion having a discharge hole, and a fixing hole through which a fixing member ...