ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,366,233, issued on July 22, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Electrically operated pump for a plural component spray system" was invented by Matthew R. Theisen (Woodbury, Minn.), Arthur T. Graf (Roseville, Minn.), Bryan K. Colby (New Brighton, Minn.), Andrew J. Ericson (Andover, Minn.), Nicholas K. Studt (Moscow, Idaho) and Erich W. Beckmann (Minneapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically operated pumping assembly for a plural component spray system includes an electric motor (14) having a stator (88) and a rotor (90). The rotor is disposed coaxially with first and second pumps (26a, 26b) and is configured...