ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,526, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Crane Pumps & Systems PFT Corp. (Piqua, Ohio).
"Pump with impeller for circulating cooling fluid and related impeller" was invented by Kirk Neer (St. Paris, Ohio) and Mark Kowalak (Troy, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A circulation system is provided to move a coolant liquid in a coolant chamber (44) formed between a housing (40) and a motor shroud (42) of a pump (10) for a fluid being worked upon. The circulation system has a coolant impeller (54) in a coolant impeller chamber (56). The coolant impeller is driven by a drive shaft (20) that also drives a primary impeller (24) that moves th...