ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,265, issued on June 3, was assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-S.R.L. (Florence, Italy).

"Integrated hermetically sealed turboexpander-generator with overhung turbomachine" was invented by Francesco Cangioli (Florence, Italy), Davide Biliotti (Florence, Italy), Massimiliano Ortiz Neri (Florence, Italy), Giuseppe Sassanelli (Florence, Italy) and Vittorio Michelassi (Florence, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated hermetically sealed turboexpander-generator comprises a hermetically sealed casing arrangement, a turboexpander, a compressor and an electric generator, arranged in the hermetically sealed casing arrangement alon...