ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,264,672, issued on April 1, was assigned to O.M.P. OFFICINE MAZZOCCO PAGNONI S.R.L. (Funo di Argelato, Italy).
"Motor vehicle oil pump" was invented by Giuseppe Lo Biundo (Partinico, Italy) and Carlo Pachetti (Cascina, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motor vehicle oil pump, including: a pump body, an external rotor having a first plurality of lobes, an internal rotor having a second plurality of lobes configured to engage the first plurality of lobes of the external rotor, and a driving body rotatable with respect to the pump body about a first axis of rotation. The external rotor is constrained to the driving body. An idle shaft ...