US Patent Issued to Flowserve on June 23 for "Multistage pumping system for adaptive offloading of a liquid from a container" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,663,009, issued on June 23, was assigned to Flowserve Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Multistage pumping system for adaptive offloading of a liquid from a container" was invented by Mark O'Sullivan (Phillipsburg, N.J.), Zachary Procita (Chalfont, Pa.), Ramakrishnan Rengasamy (Fogelsville, Pa.), Andreas Dreiss (Geestland, Germany) and William J. Boyko (Bath, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pumping system includes a plurality of interconnected integrated motor/pump modules (IMPs) submerged in a process liquid, such as liquid hydrogen (LH2), within a container, the IMPs being separately controlled by adjustable speed drives (ASDs). The rotatio...