US Patent Issued to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie on Dec. 23 for "Reciprocating compressor with a pressure-drop chamber and method" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,009, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie SRL (Florence, Italy).

"Reciprocating compressor with a pressure-drop chamber and method" was invented by Simone Bassani (Florence, Italy), Francesco Chiesi (Florence, Italy), Niccolo' Batini (Florence, Italy), Massimo Bargiacchi (Florence, Italy), Andrea Tenze (Florence, Italy) and Francesco Cangioli (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The reciprocating compressor comprises a compressor frame, a crankshaft and a connecting rod, connecting the crankshaft to a crosshead. A piston rod connects a piston to the crosshead. The piston reciprocates in a gas compres...