ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,316, issued on July 8, was assigned to Edwards S.R.O. (Lutin, Czech Republic).

"Bearing assembly for a pump and a pump comprising the bearing assembly" was invented by Lukas Chromek (Lutin, Czech Republic), Richard Glyn Horler (Burgess Hill, Great Britain) and Emiliano Lucchetta (Burgess Hill, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bearing assembly for mounting a rotatable shaft of a pump and the pump are disclosed. The bearing assembly comprises: a bearing comprising an outer ring and an inner ring; a bearing support configured to support the outer ring of the bearing, the bearing support surrounding at least a portion of an ...