US Patent Issued to Steelhead Composites on Feb. 25 for "Ionic liquid accumulator system for delivering gas" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,234,841, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Steelhead Composites Inc. (Golden, Colo.).

"Ionic liquid accumulator system for delivering gas" was invented by Andrew Coors (Littleton, Colo.), Alexis Dubois (Nederland, Colo.) and Christian Fahrenbruck (Highlands Ranch, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an accumulator system that utilizes an ionic liquid for pressurizing gases. In particular, the accumulator system of the present disclosure avoids use of any internal mechanical parts, e.g., a bladder or a piston, thereby eliminating any potential for mechanical failure experienced by conventional accumulator...