ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,437, issued on July 29, was assigned to ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNLOGY (Zhejiang, China).

"Device and method for testing starting characteristics of refrigeration compressor with adjustable system volume" was invented by Huaqiang Jin (Zhejiang, China), Xi Shen (Zhejiang, China), Yuejin Huang (Zhejiang, China), Jiangping Gu (Zhejiang, China), Yingjie Xu (Zhejiang, China) and Zhe Sun (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to the technical field of compressor performance tests and detection apparatus manufacturing, and discloses a device and method for testing starting characteristics of a refri...