ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,053, issued on May 27, was assigned to NIDEC GLOBAL APPLIANCE BRASIL LTDA. (Joinville, Brazil).

"Alternative compressor head arrangement" was invented by Robert Reich (Joinville, Brazil), Tadeu Tonheiro Rodrigues (Joinville, Brazil) and Daniel Lacerda De Andrade (Joinville, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An alternative compressor head arrangement including a valve plate is provided with at least one operating hole. The alternative compressor head arrangement further includes a discharge valve blade provided with at least one operation valve and at least one mounting hole. The alternative compressor head arrangement further inc...