ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,392,349, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to KSB SE & Co. KGaA (Frankenthal, Germany).

"Electric motor with cooling arrangement" was invented by Jochen Fritz (Frankenthal, Germany), Christoph Jaeger (Frankenthal, Germany), Toni Klemm (Frankenthal, Germany) and Matthias Mohr (Frankenthal, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric motor is configured to drive a centrifugal pump. The electric motor includes a cooling arrangement. The cooling arrangement includes a fan impeller and a shroud. The shroud encloses a space around the fan impeller. Guide elements are arranged in the space."

The patent was filed on March 28, 2022, under A...