US Patent Issued to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER on March 18 for "Method for detecting leaks in a gas network under pressure or under vacuum and gas network" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,219, issued on March 18, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP (Wilrijk, Belgium).

"Method for detecting leaks in a gas network under pressure or under vacuum and gas network" was invented by Philippe Geuens (Wilrijk, Belgium) and Ebrahim Louarroudi (Wilrijk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided for detecting and quantifying leaks in a gas network under pressure or vacuum. The gas network may have a sensor(s) capable of recording the status of a source(s), consumers, consumer areas or applications. The method includes: a start-up phase; a training or estimation phase; and an operational ph...