ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,455,113, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).
"Device and method for refrigerating or liquefying a fluid" was invented by Mathieu Roig (Sassenage, France), Remi Nicolas (Sassenage, France), Fabien Durand (Sassenage, France) and Guillaume Delautre (Sassenage, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a device for refrigerating or liquefying a fluid such as natural gas or hydrogen, comprising a fluid circuit that is to be cooled and has an upstream end for connection to a source of gaseous fluid as well as a downstream end for connectio...