ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,978, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Layered barrier cans for pumps and methods of producing the same" was invented by David Raju Yamarthi (Bengaluru, India), Sriram K (Bengaluru, India), Mohandas Nayak (Bengaluru, India), Anantharaman M (Bengaluru, India), Mohan Kannaiah Raju (Bengaluru, India), Prachi Anand Tappu (Bengaluru, India), Deepak Ghiya (Bengaluru, India) and Adam Joseph Wangler (Evandale, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Layered barrier cans and methods of producing the same are disclosed herein. An example shroud disclosed herein includes an inner shell including a first non-...