ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,965, issued on April 29, was assigned to thyssenkrupp Dynamic Components GmbH (Ilsenburg, Germany) and thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany).

"Radial piston compressor with transmission element and piston guide ring" was invented by Ulf Mueller (Chemnitz, Germany), Uwe Dietel (Lichtentanne, Germany), Sebastian Krause (Magdeburg, Germany) and Robert Reichelt (Niederwiesa, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a piston-cylinder assembly for a radial piston compressor. The piston-cylinder assembly comprises a drive shaft with a cylindrical eccentric for guiding the movement of the piston to a top dead center ...