US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on May 27 for "Linear compressor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,051, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An elastic body and a linear compressor including the same are provided. The linear compressor comprises a cylinder; a piston reciprocating axially inside the cylinder; a drive unit disposed outside the cylinder; a stator cover coupled to a rear of the drive unit; a spring supporter comprising a body portion coupled to a rear of the piston and a seating portion extending outward from the ...