ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,483, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MAAG PUMP SYSTEMS AG (Oberglatt, Switzerland).
"Gear pump with intermeshing gearwheels enclosed by housing with bearing journals arranged on shaft axes" was invented by Rene Triebe (Schwerzenbach, Switzerland), Hendrik Brands (Wurenlos, Switzerland) and Markus Steinmann (Zurich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Gear pump with intermeshing gearwheels enclosed by a housing with bearing journals on shaft axes projecting laterally from the gear wheels mounted in the housing by slide bearings each having a slide bearing length, each having a lubrication pocket with radial expansion. The lubrication poc...