US Patent Issued to FSUBSEA AS on Nov. 4 for "Pressure booster with integrated speed drive" (Swedish, Norwegian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,648, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to FSUBSEA AS (Oslo, Norway).

"Pressure booster with integrated speed drive" was invented by Alexander Fuglesang (Oslo, Norway) and Tommy Westberg (Torsby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Pressure booster (1) for boosting the pressure of petroleum fluids, produced water or seawater, comprising a pressure booster (2) with a motor (3), a rotatable motor shaft (4) and a rotatable pump or compressor shaft (5) where the pressure booster in the form of a centrifugal pump (2) or compressor is arranged. The pressure booster further comprises: a hydraulic variable speed drive (6) arranged between the m...