US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Oct. 14 for "Linear compressor" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,365, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Linear compressor" was invented by Jinwoong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Sangeun Bae (Seoul, South Korea) and Chulgi Roh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear compressor includes a frame, a cylinder disposed in the frame, a piston configured to axially reciprocate in the piston, a discharge valve disposed at a front of the piston, and a discharge cover assembly coupled to the frame and disposed at the front of the piston. The discharge cover assembly includes a discharge cover including an inner space, a first discharge plenum that ...