ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,497,978, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to KSB SE & Co. KGaA (Frankenthal, Germany).
"Manufacture of a stage casing in a hybrid process" was invented by Tammuz Nobel (Frankenthal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal pump includes at least one impeller. The at least one impeller is surrounded by a casing. The casing includes at least one guide device. The at least one guide device is constructed as a hybrid component. The hybrid component includes at least one conventionally manufactured constituent and at least one generatively manufactured constituent."
The patent was filed on March 4, 2022, under Application No. 18/2...