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

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,063, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Turbomachine labyrinth seal design 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 gas seal to seal an oxygen-rich process gas within a compressor or expander, including a rotor component having a rotating element and a stator component having a stationary element. Wherein at least a portion of the rotating element includes the teeth of a first lab...