ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,976, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Edwards Japan Ltd. (Chiba, Japan).

"Vacuum pump and control apparatus of vacuum pump with water leakage prevention between the pump main body and control apparatus" was invented by Kengo Saegusa (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum pump in which a pump main body and a control apparatus that controls the pump main body are integrated with each other. The control apparatus includes a cylindrical portion which protrudes from a chassis of the control apparatus and inside which a cable that connects the pump main body and the control apparatus to each other is passed. A height of th...