ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,672, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to ATLAS COPCO AIRPOWER NAAMLOZE VENNOOTSCHAP (Wilrijk, Belgium).

"Inlet silencer for a volumetric compressor and volumetric compressor equipped with it" was invented by Daniel Guariglia (Wilrijk, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Inlet silencer for a volumetric compressor, characterized in that the inlet silencer (1) comprises a housing (2) having at least one inlet (3) and at least one outlet (4), wherein at least one partition wall (6) dividing the housing (2) into at least a first chamber (7) and a second chamber (8) is provided in the housing (2), wherein one chamber (7, 8) connects to t...