ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,456, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Scroll compressor" was invented by Jehyeon Moon (Seoul, South Korea) and Byungkil Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scroll compressor including an orbiting scroll that performs an orbiting motion; a fixed scroll coupled to the orbiting scroll so as to form a compression chamber; and a main frame that rotatably supports the orbiting scroll at an opposite side of the fixed scroll with the orbiting scroll interposed therebetween, and supportably connected to the fixed scroll. The fixed scroll is provided with a back pressure hole fo...