US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 25 for "Scroll compressor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,964, issued on March 25, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Scroll compressor" was invented by Byungkil Yoo (Seoul, South Korea), Jungsun Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Seheon Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scroll compressor is disclosed. The scroll compressor includes a rotating shaft coupling portion axially extending from a central portion of an orbiting end plate to radially overlap an orbiting wrap, such that an eccentric portion of a rotating shaft is coupled thereto, and a portion of the orbiting wrap may extend from an end surface of the rotating shaft coupling portion facing...