US Patent Issued to HANON SYSTEMS on March 4 for "Compressor with fluid separator" (Michigan, Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,469, issued on March 4, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Compressor with fluid separator" was invented by Steven J. Koester (Sylvania, Ohio), Brad Crenshaw (Riverview, Mich.) and Mark Honkala (Howell, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor with a fluid separator is disclosed. The compressor is configured to compressor a first fluid (e.g., a refrigerant gas) having a second fluid (e.g., a lubricant) suspended therein. The fluid separator includes a main body having at least one aperture formed therethrough and is configured to separate the second fluid from the first fluid. The fluid separator is insta...