ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,620, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Germany).

"Electric scroll compressor" was invented by Abian Bautista Rodriguez (La Laguna, Spain), David Ayza Parra (Banicassim, Spain), Francisco Moya Torres (Valencia, Spain) and Justo Lapiedra Castano (Valencia, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric compressor includes a housing, refrigerant inlet port, a refrigerant outlet port, an inverter section, a motor section, a compression device and a front cover. The housing defines an intake volume and a discharge volume. The refrigerant inlet port is coupled to the housing and is configured to introduce the ref...