ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,083, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"High speed coolant pump" was invented by Martin Gross (Kampfelbach, Germany) and Uwe Aschermann (Karlsruhe, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a fluid pump that has an electric motor with a shaft and an impeller with an outer diameter, that is connected to the shaft for conjoint rotation. A maximum volumetric flow and a maximum pressure difference (dp) can be generated in the fluid pump by the rotating impeller. A characteristic index number (K) for the fluid pump is greater than 350 kW/m2. The index number (K) corresp...