ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,292,048, issued on May 6, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Germany).

"Electric compressor with scroll bearing injection orifice" was invented by Brent Haseley (Niagara Falls, N.Y.).

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 refrigerant to the intake volume. The compression device is a scroll-type compression device configured ...