ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,428, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Nuovo Pignone Tecnologie-S.R.L. (Florence, Italy).
"Reciprocating compressor valve system with embedded sensor" was invented by Federico Cappelli (Florence, Italy), Federico Puccinelli (Florence, Italy), Guido Gori (Florence, Italy) and Riccardo Maleci (Florence, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The valve system, to be used as a suction valve and/or as a discharge valve in a reciprocating compressor, comprises a valve body, at least one sensor mounted on the valve body and configured to detect a parameter associated to operation of the valve device, and a wireless communication unit electri...