ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,982, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).
"Impeller bearings for pumps" was invented by David Raju Yamarthi (Bengaluru, India), Brian G. Brzek (Niskayuna, N.Y.), Adam Joseph Wangler (Evendale, Ohio), David Justin Brady (Lynn, Mass.), Prachi Anand Tappu (Bengaluru, India), Santosh Pattnaik (Bengaluru, India) and Mohan Kannaiah Raju (Bengaluru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Impeller bearings for pumps are disclosed. An example fluid pump includes a motor, a shaft coupled to a rotor of the motor, an impeller coupled to the shaft forward of the motor, the impeller including blades to pump a flu...