US Patent Issued to OSI Environmental on March 11 for "Overload protection chamber for fluid separation apparatus and system" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,268, issued on March 11, was assigned to OSI Environmental LLC (North Royalton, Ohio).

"Overload protection chamber for fluid separation apparatus and system" was invented by Michael A. Gaudiani (Shaker Heights, Ohio) and Douglas C. Corbin (Twinsburg, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mixed fluid separator apparatus includes an overload protection chamber that prevents a large and sudden influx of oil from fouling a coalescing separator. To prevent sudden influx of a large concentration of oil from overwhelming the coalescing separator, a separate overload protection chamber is connected to a main coalescing separator apparatus....