US Patent Issued to Graco Minnesota on July 8 for "Transfer pump" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,352,254, issued on July 8, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Transfer pump" was invented by Steven D. Becker (Inver Grove Heights, Minn.), Mark D. Shultz (Ham Lake, Minn.), Jeremy P. Jurmu (Buffalo, Minn.), David M. Larsen (Albertville, Minn.) and Robert J. Gundersen (Otsego, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer pump includes a drive module having electronic components and a fluid module not including electronic components. The drive module provides motive power to a pump of the fluid module to power pumping by the fluid module."

The patent was filed on May 27, 2021, under Application No. 17/332,191.

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