ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,742, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Compressor" was invented by Taekyoung Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kangwook Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Jungsun Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compressor may comprise: a first fluid channel provided to communicate with an oil supply fluid channel so as to allow oil to flow therethrough; a second fluid channel provided to extend from the first fluid channel so as to allow the oil to flow to the outside of a case; a third fluid channel extending from the second fluid channel and provided outside the case; and a main fluid channel...