ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,491, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Valeo Powertrain GmbH (Ebern, Germany).

"Liquid pump and method for assembling a liquid pump" was invented by Alexander Lehnert (Ebern, Germany), Manuel Merkle (Ebern, Germany), Frank Sauerteig (Ebern, Germany), Karin Fecke (Ebern, Germany) and Suleyman Yildirim (Ebern, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A liquid pump having a housing, an electric motor formed by a stator assembly arranged in the housing and a rotor, a liquid duct, a printed circuit board and a temperature sensor assembly which is received in the housing and has a temperature sensor associated with the liquid duct, the stat...