ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,262, issued on July 8, was assigned to VICTREX MANUFACTURING Ltd. (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain).

"Linear compressor discharge valves" was invented by Andrew Anderson (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain), Steven Lamoriniere (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain) and Siren Tan (Thornton Cleveleys, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a linear compressor discharge valve. The valve comprises a valve body having a first layer of composite material, wherein the composite material of the first layer comprises polyaryletherketone and reinforcement filaments that are aligned with an axis of the first layer. T...