US Patent Issued to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude on Sept. 8 for "Fluid compression apparatus and filling station" (French, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,104, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Fluid compression apparatus and filling station" was invented by Cyril Benistand-Hector (Sassenage, France) and Javier Gutierrez (Willich, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cryogenic-fluid compression apparatus having a compression chamber, an intake system, a piston, a discharge orifice in communication with the compression chamber and designed to enable the egress of compressed fluid, the piston comprising a tubular portion mounted about a static central guide connected to the static stru...