ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,345,246, issued on July 1, was assigned to Valeo Japan Co. Ltd. (Saitama, Japan).

"Variable-displacement swash plate type compressor" was invented by Yujiro Morita (Saitama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A first bleeding passage 50 configured to allow a crank chamber 2 and a suction chamber 31 to constantly communicate with each other, and a second bleeding passage 60 configured to allow the crank chamber 2 and the suction chamber 31 to constantly communicate with each other are provided. The first bleeding passage 50 is made to communicate with the crank chamber 2 at least via a space (central hole space 54) defined by an insertio...