ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,675, issued on July 15, was assigned to KSB SE & Co. KGaA (Frankenthal, Germany).
"Blade arrangement having microblades" was invented by Boris Janjic (Frankenthal, Germany) and Sebastian Lang (Frankenthal, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A centrifugal pump includes a blade arrangement. The blade arrangement has a carrier unit on which blades are arranged. The blades are subdivided into segments. The carrier unit is divided into annular portions which adjoin one another radially. Segments are arranged offset from one another in the annular portions."
The patent was filed on July 14, 2022, under Application No. 18/580,238.
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