ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,396, issued on April 8, was assigned to GHSP Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Electric motor with dual pump for providing scavenge and delivery functions" was invented by Ryan David Rosinski (Whitehall, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid pump includes a housing. A delivery portion includes a delivery pump element disposed within the housing. A return portion includes a return pump element disposed within the housing. A motor is disposed within the housing that drives the delivery pump element and the return pump element via a drive shaft. The delivery portion is configured to deliver fluid from a reservoir to a drive unit. The retur...