US Patent Issued to Mainspring Energy on Feb. 24 for "Piston sealing ring assembly having a gap cover element" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,235, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Mainspring Energy Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Piston sealing ring assembly having a gap cover element" was invented by Jodie Prudhomme (San Francisco) and Matt Svrcek (Redwood City, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a sealing ring assembly having ring segments configured to seal a high-pressure region from a lower pressure region of a piston and cylinder device. The sing segments are configured to move radially outward and wear during operation of the piston via the cylinder device. The ring segments include, for example, wedge-shaped features that engage wit...