ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,439, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SKF Lubrication Systems Germany GmbH (Walldorf, Germany).
"Lubricant pump" was invented by Juergen Kreutzkaemper (Waibstadt-Daisbach, Germany), Stefan Schuermann (Muhlhausen, Germany), Dieter Hess (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Martin Teupner (Neulussheim, Germany) and Markus Mandera (Leimen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant pump (1) has a reservoir unit (100) and a pump unit (200). The reservoir unit (100) has a reservoir housing (101). The pump unit (200) has a pump housing (201). The pump unit (200) and the reservoir unit (100) are separably connected. When the housings (101; 201...