ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,057, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to NIDEC Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Pump" was invented by Kosei Ozaki (Kyoto, Japan) and Takaaki Bando (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump includes an upper casing, a lower casing, a can, an impeller, and a motor. The upper casing includes a suction port through which a fluid is suctioned and a discharge port through which the fluid is discharged. The lower casing is located below the upper casing. The can is accommodated in the lower casing. The impeller is accommodated in the upper casing. The motor includes a rotor and a stator connected to the impeller. The rotor is accommodated ...