ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,486, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to UBUKATA INDUSTRIES Co. LTD. (Nagoya, Japan).

"Pressure switch with two pressing members and a hermetic electric compressor arrangement therewith" was invented by Hiroshi Murata (Nagoya, Japan), Hideki Okumura (Nagoya, Japan) and Takehiko Okumura (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure switch includes a pressure-resistant container, a contact mechanism, at least one airtight terminal, a diaphragm that is operated at first operating pressure and is restorable at restoring pressure lower than first operating pressure, a first pressing member that presses the contact mechanism due ...