ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,220, issued on June 30, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).
"Pressure reducing device" was invented by Denis Muller (Rueil Malmaison, France), Robert Kremer (Krefeld, Germany) and Daniel Ibald (Handewitt, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pressure reducing device having an upstream end connected to a pressurized gas source and a downstream end connected to a coupled installation. The device includes an operational fluid circuit having a pressure reducing unit configured to reduce the pressure of a pressurized gas flow to a maximum pressure PA, an eme...