ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,040, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to GUANGDONG MEIZHI PRECISION-MANUFACTURING Co. LTD. (Guang Dong, China).

"Compressor and heat exchange system" was invented by Bin Gao (Guangdong, China), Huaming Li (Guangdong, China) and Baowei Wang (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor and a heat exchange system are provided. The compressor has a sealed container and a liquid storage tank. An outlet end of the liquid storage tank is connected to an inlet end of the sealed container. An outlet end of the sealed container and an inlet end of the liquid storage tank are connected to an external heat exchange loop. A motor ...