ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,453, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Atlas Copco (Wuxi) Compressor Co. Ltd. (Jiangsu, China).
"Gas liquid separation device" was invented by Chengdong Gu (Jiangsu, China) and Mathias Verstraete (Jiangsu, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas-liquid separation device includes a housing assembly, a separation assembly, a bottom end plate, an exhaust pipe, and a seal. A separation chamber is defined in the housing assembly. A bottom of the housing assembly has a through-opening. The separation assembly performs gas-liquid separation on a gas-liquid mixture. The bottom end plate is located at a bottom of the separation assembly. ...