US 12,448,960 B2
Reduced size fluid transfer and depressurization apparatus, control, and associated methods
Douglas A. Sahm, Lutz, FL (US); and Carson Depew, Tulsa, OK (US)
Assigned to TPE MIDSTREAM LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Appl. No. 18/254,557
Filed by TPE MIDSTREAM LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 29, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/065527
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/147136, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/250,567, filed on Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/132,215, filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0011512 A1, Jan. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. F04B 39/12 (2006.01); F04B 9/12 (2006.01); F04B 35/01 (2006.01); F04B 35/04 (2006.01); F04B 49/06 (2006.01); F15B 15/04 (2006.01); F15B 15/14 (2006.01); F15B 15/20 (2006.01); F15B 15/28 (2006.01)
CPC F04B 39/123 (2013.01) [F04B 9/12 (2013.01); F04B 35/01 (2013.01); F04B 35/04 (2013.01); F04B 49/06 (2013.01); F15B 15/04 (2013.01); F15B 15/1447 (2013.01); F15B 15/202 (2013.01); F15B 15/2807 (2013.01); F15B 2215/30 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus to compress a fluid, the apparatus comprising:
a casing;
an actuation cylinder and a compression cylinder defined in the casing, the actuation cylinder removably coupled between a first inner end plate and a first outer end plate via first threaded rods, the compression cylinder removably coupled between a second inner end plate and a second outer end plate via second threaded rods;
a ring coupled between the first inner end plate and the second inner end plate, the ring including one or more cutouts;
a rod slidably coupled between the actuation cylinder and the compression cylinder; and
a piston coupled to the rod at an end of the rod, the end of the rod in the compression cylinder, the piston slidable relative to the compression cylinder to compress the fluid therein.