ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,075, issued on July 29, was assigned to DANFOSS POWER SOLUTIONS II TECHNOLOGY A/S (Nordborg, Denmark).

"Valve plate with notch arrangement for fluid pump" was invented by Kashyap Suraj Raktim (Pune, India), Ghambir Shivank (Pune, India), Salutagi Shivayogi Sidram (Pune, India) and Hande Nitin (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A valve plate for a fluid pump includes a body having a first surface and an oppositely disposed second surface. The body defines a first kidney slot that extends through the first and second surfaces and a second kidney slot that extends through the first and second surfaces. A first notch is disposed...