US Patent Issued to CUMMINS FILTRATION on June 24 for "Compressed gas assisted inertial impactor with elastomeric nozzles" (Wisconsin, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,755, issued on June 24, was assigned to CUMMINS FILTRATION INC. (Nashville, Tenn.).

"Compressed gas assisted inertial impactor with elastomeric nozzles" was invented by Chirag D. Parikh (Madison, Wis.), Bradley A. Smith (Columbus, Ind.), Bryan P. Steffen (Oregon, Wis.) and Mahsa Kasiri (Fitchburg, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A gas-liquid separator comprises a housing comprising a first inlet structured to receive a blowby gas stream, the blowby gas stream having a first flow velocity, and a second inlet structured to a communicate a compressed gas into the housing, at least a portion of the second inlet disposed within the fi...