US Patent Issued to LG Electronics on Sept. 30 for "Linear compressor" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,038, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Linear compressor" was invented by Jaebeum Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A linear compressor includes a frame, an outer stator comprising a stator core disposed at the frame, a teeth portion extending inward from the stator core, and a teeth shoe extending in a circumferential direction from an inner end of the teeth portion, a coil disposed at the teeth portion, a cylinder disposed at the frame, a piston disposed in the cylinder, an inner stator coupled to an outer circumferential surface of the piston, a magnet is disposed ...