US Patent Issued to Fourth Power on April 15 for "Circulation pump made from brittle material" (Massachusetts, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,282, issued on April 15, was assigned to Fourth Power Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Circulation pump made from brittle material" was invented by Mike Hvasta (Lawrence Township, N.J.), Colin Kelsall (Cambridge, Mass.), Asegun Henry (Hyde Park, Mass.), Sandeep Pidaparti (Burlington, Mass.) and Joe Patrinostro (Centerville, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspect of the disclosure provides a method of pumping a liquid material. The method may include pumping the liquid material by rotating an impeller attached to a shaft assembly. The pump includes the impeller, the shaft assembly, and a pump chamber. The method includes controlling the ...