US Patent Issued to Eaton Intelligent Power on June 23 for "In-line debris separator for liquid" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,664, issued on June 23, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"In-line debris separator for liquid" was invented by William Charles Quaile (West Chester, Pa.), John Joseph Zielinski (Southampton, Pa.), Xin Pu (Chester Springs, Pa.) and Scott T. Armstrong (Oxford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow separator includes a flow swirling arrangement and a particle collection space disposed in-line with an inlet and an outlet of a flow separator. The flow swirling arrangement includes a bladed arrangement disposed around a flow diverter. The particle collection space is an annular space disposed at an opposite end of...