US Patent Issued to TRANE INTERNATIONAL on Sept. 1 for "Cooling of a compressor shaft gas bearing" (California, Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,592, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Cooling of a compressor shaft gas bearing" was invented by Sung Hwa Jeung (Chatsworth, Calif.), Joseph M. Heger (West Salem, Wis.), Charles E. Roesler Jr. (La Crosse, Wis.), Jay H. Johnson (Houston, Minn.) and Robert S. Bakkestuen (West Salem, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat transfer circuit includes a compressor, a condenser, an expander, and an evaporator. The compressor includes a shaft that is rotated to compress a working fluid and a gas bearing to support the shaft. A conduit is configured to supply a portion of the working fluid to t...