ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,475, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to KOBE STEEL LTD. (Hyogo, Japan).
"Reciprocating compressor" was invented by Daisuke Wada (Takasago, Japan) and Naofumi Kanei (Takasago, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a reciprocating compressor including a third-stage compression unit, a fifth-stage compression unit, a drive unit, a discharge mechanism, a pressure sensor, and a discharge control unit. The discharge mechanism is capable of discharging hydrogen gas from a second connection pipe that allows hydrogen gas to flow to be suctioned into the third-stage compression unit. The discharge control unit controls the discharge...