ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,321, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).
"Pneumatic inlet/blowdown valve assembly" was invented by Sajesh Poolathody (Malappuram, India) and Dhananjaya Ambula Lingappa (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid compressor system having a pneumatic inlet/blowdown valve assembly that utilizes pneumatic pressure and vacuum available in the fluid compressor system for the actuation of an inlet valve and a blowdown valve. The actuation of the inlet valve and the blowdown valve is synchronized via a piston-cylinder actuator having a first piston and a second piston axially ...