US Patent Issued to Brinkmann Pumpen K.H. Brinkmann on Jan. 20 for "Method for ascertaining leaks of a displacement pump" (German Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,371, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Brinkmann Pumpen K.H. Brinkmann GmbH & Co. KG (Werdohl, Germany).

"Method for ascertaining leaks of a displacement pump" was invented by Markus Helpertz (Dortmund, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of detecting leakage in a pump (10) that has at least one displacement body (12) for displacing a medium to be pumped into a pressure line (20), the method including the steps of: a) closing-off the pressure line (20), b) operating the pump (10) with a known speed of the displacement body (12), c) measuring the pressure (P) in the pressure line (20), d) repeating the steps b) and c) wit...