ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,832, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Joma-Polytec GmbH (Bodelshausen, Germany).
"Liquid separator" was invented by Stefan Heinz (Bodelshausen, Germany) and Oliver Vollmer (Rottenburg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a liquid separator for separating liquid from a gas-liquid mixture, having a housing, an inlet, an outlet, a flow path connecting the inlet to the outlet, and a separating device, arranged in the flow path, for liquid separation, wherein a wall body is attached to the inner side of a housing portion adjoining the outlet, surrounds an annular collar projecting into the housing from the ou...