ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,960, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).
"Pump mounting and driving" was invented by David J. Thompson (Oak Grove, Minn.), Christopher A. Lins (Waverly, Minn.), Andrew J. Kopel (Stanchfield, Minn.), Glen W. Davidson (Roseville, Minn.), Chad R. Taszarek (Albertville, Minn.), Chris W. Sydow (Becker, Minn.), William M. Blenkush (Becker, Minn.) and Steve J. Wrobel (Rogers, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A displacement pump is configured to mount to a drive housing. A reciprocating drive is connectable to a pump rod of the displacement pump and includes a connecting rod and a drive link that rece...