ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,620, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Vanzandt Controls LLC (Odessa, Texas).
"Inert gas backup system for air compressors" was invented by Don Maness (Fort Worth, Texas) and Brad Tipps (Fort Worth, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides backup systems for air compressors. The systems can detect an air compressor failure and/or low instrument air pressure and activate a backup inert gas power source to maintain functionality of compressed air-powered pneumatic devices at a wellsite. The backup systems can provide a working fluid in the form of an inert gas to the compressed air-powered pneumatic devices...