ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,445,072, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Max Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Air compressor" was invented by Tomohide Tsutsui (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air compressor includes: a motor configured to drive a compression mechanism for compressing air, and a controller configured to control the motor. The motor is an outer rotor motor including a stator and a rotor disposed on an outer side of the stator. The controller is configured to adjust a voltage applied to a stator winding of the stator, based on position information of the rotor."

The patent was filed on June 29, 2023, under Application No. 18/216,238.

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