US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on July 22 for "Linear compressor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,236, issued on July 22, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Linear compressor" was invented by Chulgi Roh (Seoul, South Korea), Junghae Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Sangeun Bae (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear compressor includes a cylinder, a piston configured to axially reciprocate in the cylinder, a first muffler unit coupled to the piston, a back cover that is disposed at a rear of the piston and defines an opening in a radially central area thereof, and a second muffler unit coupled to the opening. The first muffler unit includes an inner guide disposed in the piston and a first ...