US Patent Issued to ACCELLERON SWITZERLAND on April 1 for "Air supply apparatus for a ship, ship including the same, and method for supplying air to an air lubrication device" (French, Swiss Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,913, issued on April 1, was assigned to ACCELLERON SWITZERLAND LTD. (Baden, Switzerland).

"Air supply apparatus for a ship, ship including the same, and method for supplying air to an air lubrication device" was invented by Jari Keinaenen (Brugg, Switzerland) and Jean-Francois Tissot (Bergheim, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An air supply apparatus for a ship is described. The air supply apparatus includes a first turbocharger having a first compressor and a first turbine being drivable by exhaust gas provided from one or more engines. The first compressor is coupled to the first turbine via a transmission configured for chang...