ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,228,137, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to KSB SE & Co. KGaA (Frankenthal, Germany).
"Manufacture of an impeller in a hybrid process" was invented by Tammuz Nobel (Frankenthal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for a centrifugal pump includes an impeller. The impeller has a rear shroud on which blades are arranged. The impeller has a hybrid component structure. The hybrid structure includes at least one generative component and at least one conventional component. At least one of the generative component and the conventional component is subdivided into at least two segments."
The patent was filed on March 4, 2022, un...