US Patent Issued to Dresser on Aug. 12 for "Re-couping actuating media used to operate a control valve" (Oklahoma, Rhode Island, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,604, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Dresser LLC (Houston).

"Re-couping actuating media used to operate a control valve" was invented by Harold Randall Smart (Portsmouth, R.I.), John Dee Kelley (Houston), Chengbao Wang (Oklahoma City), Vinh Do (Edmond, Okla.) and Melissa Gayle Allin (Oklahoma City).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recovery unit configured to re-inject lost or fugitive emissions back into a pipeline. These configuration may include a pressure vessel that can hold gas (or other fluid) that might vent to atmosphere from, for example, a valve or like flow control. A pump may couple with the pressure vessel. In use, thi...