ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,054, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP (Wilrijk, Belgium).

"Rotary compressor drive line" was invented by Flip Frans Mathys (Wilrijk, Belgium), Thomas Luc Swerts (Wilrijk, Belgium), William Maria Dominic Jacobs (Wilrijk, Belgium), Tom Raymond Jozef Hendrik De Vloo (Wilrijk, Belgium) and Dimitri Dewil (Wilrijk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drive train, specifically to a direct coupling of a drive shaft to a driven shaft provided in the drive train of a rotary compressor. Additionally, an integration of a lubricant circuit, including all associated channels and components, in th...