ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,076, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Electric compressor" was invented by Hyun Woo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Gyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Woo Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Hye Rim An (Daejeon, South Korea), Hew Nam Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Taeg Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Je Su Yun (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric compressor, including: a housing; a compression unit provided in the housing; a motor unit provided in the housing to drive the compression unit; and an inverter unit coupled to one side of the housing and controlling the motor u...