ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,641, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP (Wilrijk, Belgium).
"Element, device and method for compressing a gas" was invented by Michail Georgiou (Wilrijk, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An element for compressing a gas, having a housing (2) in which a first and second rotor (3, 4) are mounted, wherein the housing (2) is provided with an axial outlet opening (8) formed by: a tongue-shaped protrusion (14) between first and second proximal edge (9b), wherein an edge of the tongue-shaped protrusion (14) is formed by a first and second tongue edge (13a, 13b) that is further from the rotation...