US Patent Issued to Equalizer Industries on Sept. 30 for "Powered pump units for vacuum cups, powered vacuum cup devices, and methods for applying a vacuum to a vacuum cup" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,627, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Equalizer Industries Inc. (Round Rock, Texas).

"Powered pump units for vacuum cups, powered vacuum cup devices, and methods for applying a vacuum to a vacuum cup" was invented by Eric Asbery (Round Rock, Texas) and Shauna Davis (Round Rock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A powered pump unit is adapted to operate with a vacuum cup device having a pump cylinder for a manually operated vacuum pump. The powered pump unit includes a pump unit housing, a power source receiver, a vacuum pump, a pump drive, and a sealing arrangement. The pump unit housing is adapted to be received in the pump c...