US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on March 4 for "Linear compressor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,460, issued on March 4, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Linear compressor" was invented by Wooju Jeon (Seoul, South Korea), Donghan Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Sangik Son (Seoul, South Korea) and Jaehyeok Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear compressor is provided. The linear compressor includes a cylinder, a piston configured to reciprocate inside the cylinder, the piston including a head portion and a sliding portion extending rearward from a radially outer edge of the head portion, a supporter including a plate disposed at a rear of the piston, an elastic body disposed in the pis...