US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 25 for "Rotary compressor with vane support portion to suppress or prevent axial vane tilting" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,966, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rotary compressor with vane support portion to suppress or prevent axial vane tilting" was invented by Joonhong Park (Seoul, South Korea), Seoungmin Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Jinung Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary compressor is disclosed. The rotary compressor may include a casing, a cylinder, main and sub bearings, a rotational shaft, a roller, at least one vane, and a vane support portion that axially supports the at least one vane formed on a bearing surface to extend along a reciprocating direction of the at l...