US Patent Issued to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. on March 24 for "Systems and methods for integrally geared centrifugal compressor to maintain rotor concentricity with differing pinion gear tooth counts" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,584,500, issued on March 24, was assigned to Ingersoll-Rand Industrial U.S. Inc. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Systems and methods for integrally geared centrifugal compressor to maintain rotor concentricity with differing pinion gear tooth counts" was invented by Dhruv Kumar (Buffalo, N.Y.), Thomas Gerber (Buffalo, N.Y.), Andrew Austin (Orchard Park, N.Y.), Chester Swiatek (Buffalo, N.Y.) and Scott Ackerman (Lancaster, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integrally geared centrifugal compressor systems are described that include eccentric cartridges that house bearings and seals to maintain rotor concentricity for a variety of pinons integrated i...