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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,073, issued on May 27, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Rotary compressor" was invented by Seseok Seol (Seoul, South Korea), Yunhi Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Seoungmin Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary compressor is provided that may include a casing, a cylinder, a main bearing, a sub bearing, a rotational shaft, a roller, and at least one vane. The cylinder may include at least one elastic deformation unit to absorb impact with the at least one vane. With this structure, a collision force caused due to chattering of the at least one vane may be absorbed to suppress or preven...