ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,281, issued on April 15, was assigned to Mahle International GmbH (Germany).

"Multiple-pump device" was invented by Maron Badt (Bietigheim, Germany), Vojko Blazic (Volcja Draga, Slovenia), Ales Cigoj (Rence, Slovenia), Eugen Makarow (Ludwigsburg, Germany), Alexander Spies (Marbach, Germany) and Benjamin Weimann (Radolfzell, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiple-pump device for a vehicle may include a housing. The housing may include at least a first drive device for driving a first drive shaft with a first impeller, and a second drive device for driving a second drive shaft with a second impeller. The multiple-pump device ...