US Patent Issued to PDC Machines on Aug. 12 for "Active oil injection system for a diaphragm compressor" (Colorado, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,480, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to PDC Machines Inc. (Souderton, Pa.).

"Active oil injection system for a diaphragm compressor" was invented by Guy Babbitt (Fort Collins, Colo.), Chris Turner (Windsor, Colo.), Bryce Whitehill (Fort Collins, Colo.), Michael Sprengel (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Kareem Afzal (Gwynedd, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and methods for operating a diaphragm compressor. Embodiments of the present disclosure comprise an oil piston being driven to pressurize work oil against the diaphragm of the compressor. In embodiments, an injection pump provides a supplemental flow of work oil in the region o...