US Patent Issued to TRANE INTERNATIONAL on Sept. 9 for "Gas bearing management for a compressor" (Wisconsin, Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,803, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TRANE INTERNATIONAL INC. (Davidson, N.C.).

"Gas bearing management for a compressor" was invented by Jacob T. Helgerson (La Crosse, Wis.) and Jay H. Johnson (Houston, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heating, ventilation, air conditioning, and refrigeration (HVACR) system includes a compressor with a gas bearing supplied with compressed gas and a controller. The controller is configured to determine an inlet pressure and outlet pressure of the gas bearing, determine a maximum speed limit based on the inlet pressure and the outlet pressure, and prevent the compressor from operating at a s...