ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,027, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Spring, Texas).

"Axial pump with adjustable impeller" was invented by John P. Franz (Houston), Steven J. Dean (Chippewa Falls, Wis.) and Ernesto J. Ferrer (Aguadilla, Puerto Rico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An example axial pump for delivering liquid coolant to cool an electronic device comprises a conduit defining a flow path from an inlet of the conduit to an outlet of the conduit and an impeller in the conduit. The impeller is rotatable about an axis of rotation parallel to the flow path. The pump also has a motor stator configured to drive rotat...