ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,242, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Prosonix LLC (West Allis, Wis.).
"Multimode direct injection heater assembly" was invented by Bruce Allen Cincotta (Brookfield, Wis.) and Nikolai Crumbaugh (Milwaukee).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A steam direct injection injector and direct injection heater assembly. The injector defines an enclosure having an upstream end that is constructed to receive a steam fluid flow and a plurality of radially oriented orifices that are configured to distribute and inject the steam into a surrounding fluid. A seat is disposed proximate a downstream end of the injector and a movable plug or modulating co...