ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,482, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to PSG Germany GmbH (Duisburg, Germany).
"Pump with longitudinal flow channels" was invented by Richard Paul Hayes-Pankhurst (London) and Jonathan Edward Ford (London).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rotary pump (10) comprises a housing (20) having a first (21) and second fluid port (22) and an interior surface defining a cavity (24) in which a rotor (30; 230) is located, wherein the rotor comprises at least a surface recess (231a-231d) forming at least a fluid-conveying chamber (232a-232d) with the interior surface of the housing. The pump further comprises at least a resiliently deformable diaph...