ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,146, issued on June 10, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus for controlling compressor, compressor and method for controlling compressor" was invented by Youngsung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Youngbong Cho (Seoul, South Korea), Jaeheung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyeongseok Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor control apparatus and method differently compensate for a duty ratio of a control signal during a period in which the compressor performs a compression stroke and a period in which the compressor performs a suction stroke, respectively, to generate the control sign...