US Patent Issued to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude on Nov. 18 for "Fluid transfer installation" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,019, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Fluid transfer installation" was invented by Stephane Duval (Sassenage, France), Stephane Crevatin (Sassenage, France) and Peter de Maeyer (Sassenage, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An installation transfers fluid between a source (e.g., a cryogenic fluid reserve) and a receiving unit (e.g., a boat reservoir). It includes a beam framework tower housing a fluid transfer circuit with a pipe extending from a lower connection to an upper connection. The tower is composed of at least two separab...