ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,346, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to GRUNDFOS HOLDING A/S (Bjerringbro, Denmark).

"Pump motor with cooled two-part electronic module" was invented by Mikkel Haugaard (Bjerringbro, Denmark) and Steen Mikkelsen (Bjerringbro, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump motor (1) includes a rotor (2) mounted to a drive shaft (3) extending along a rotor axis (L). The rotor (2) is circumferentially embraced by a stator. A stator housing (5), encloses the stator. The stator housing includes a first axial end and a second axial end. Electronics for powering and controlling the motor operation include a first portion, arranged on a first P...