ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,545, issued on March 25, was assigned to SANDEN Corp. (Isesaki, Japan).

"Electric compressor with a busbar that supports the control board" was invented by Toru Ito (Isesaki, Japan) and Masayuki Shimoda (Isesaki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an electric compressor that can ensure necessary stiffness for stacked members including a supporting plate and a control board, without increasing the number of components. An inverter circuit portion of an inverter-equipped electric compressor includes busbars 6a (61, 62, and 63) that are each formed by a thin plate member made of metal and that each constitutes part of the...