US Patent Issued to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude on Sept. 30 for "Method of using a labyrinth seal for sealing a turbomachine for oxygen rich process fluids" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,064, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Method of using a labyrinth seal for sealing a turbomachine for oxygen rich process fluids" was invented by Edward Yau (Houston), Phong Mai (Houston), Bao Ha (Houston), Alain Guillard (Houston) and Michael A. Turney (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for sealing an oxygen-rich process gas within a compressor or expander, including providing a rotor component having a rotating element and providing a stator component having a stationary element. Introducing a seal gas into the first...