ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,326,156, issued on June 10, was assigned to MAHLE INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Fluid pump" was invented by Alok Awasare (Pune, India) and Martin Gross (Kampfelbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a fluid pump (1), which comprises an impeller unit (2) with an impeller (4) and an electric motor (6) with a motor housing (10). The impeller unit (2) comprises an inlet side (2a) with a fluid inlet (5a) and an outlet side (2b) with a fluid outlet (5b), wherein a guide channel (26) fluidically connects the inlet side (2a) and the outlet side (2b) via the impeller (4).It is substantial for the inventi...