ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,100, issued on July 29, was assigned to GARRETT TRANSPORTATION I INC. (Torrance, Calif.).

"Fluid compressor device with e-machine and plural working fluid flow paths for e-machine and bearing cooling" was invented by Subhash Nayak (Bangalore, India), Anup Varadkar (Pune, India), Suryakant Gupta (Bangalore, India) and Poomkuzhimannil John (Bangalore, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid compressor device includes a compressor section and a motor section. The compressor device further includes a working fluid first flow path that extends in a downstream direction through the motor housing to the compressor inlet. The working fl...