ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,966, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to T & E Pumps Ltd. (Consort, Canada).
"End plates and inner plate bushings for pumps" was invented by Rachel Robinson (Consort, Canada), Brad Kelts (Consort, Canada) and Rory Berg (Consort, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cast for producing end plates for a pump assembly, the cast comprising a base portion and a pair of projections, the pair of projections providing material to machine bearing assembly housings for accommodating drive and idler shafts in the pump assembly. Also provided is an inner plate bushing for an end plate in a pump assembly, the inner plate bushing comprising a col...