ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,049, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Automatically igniting gas flares" was invented by Anas H. Safar (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Abdulaziz H. Altijani (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Mohammed A. Almubayedh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Rashid O. Al-Rashidi (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and devices for igniting a gas to be flared include: a body having an inlet and an outlet, the body defining a channel extending between the inlet and the outlet; an igniter operable to generate a spark at the outlet of the body; an actuator disposed in the channel, the actuator ...