ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,080, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Agilent Technologies Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Fluid pump and enclosure providing stator holder and cooling for motor and electronics" was invented by Vannie Lu (Billerica, Mass.) and George Galica (Worcester, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An enclosure for a fluid pump includes an outer shell defining an enclosure interior, a stator holder disposed in the enclosure interior and at least partially surrounding a motor stator of a motor, and conduits configured to direct air through the enclosure interior. The outer shell includes air inlets positioned to allow air to flow from an ambien...