US Patent Issued to Copeland Industrial on July 29 for "Self-positioning volume slide control with position feedback for screw compressor" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,088, issued on July 29, was assigned to Copeland Industrial LP.

"Self-positioning volume slide control with position feedback for screw compressor" was invented by Jean-Louis Picouet (Waukesha, Wis.), Steven Fels (West Allis, Wis.), Abhijit Pande (Pune, India) and Pallavi Narkhede (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Slide valve assemblies are provided that have volume slide valve members that are self-positioning, as well as compressors that include such slide-valve assemblies. The self-positioning volume slide valve member automatically slidably adjusts to control compressor volume ratio and power input to the compressor dur...