ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,233, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to Smith & Burgess Process Safety Consulting (Houston).

"Resonator for a pressurized fluid system" was invented by Dustin Smith (Houston) and John Burgess (Cypress, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments described and discussed herein generally relate to resonators for pressurized fluid systems, pressurized fluid systems containing resonators, and methods of reducing acoustic energy within pressurized fluid systems. In one or more embodiments, a resonator includes a first chamber containing an inlet and an outlet, a second chamber containing an inlet, an outlet, and a passageway, where t...