ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,378, issued on May 19, was assigned to CNX Resources Corp. (Canonsburg, Pa.).

"Energy provision and cooling of devices that require thermal management system from wellhead gas pressure" was invented by Kevin Robert Egeland (Pittsburgh) and Joseph M. Fink (Washington, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for cooling devices that require thermal management systems are provided. The systems include one or more fluid flow paths in fluid communication with a wellbore in a subterranean formation. The systems further include an expander in fluid communication with a gas in the one or more fluid flow paths, wherein the gas e...