ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,634, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to VOGELSANG GMBH & CO KG (Essen, Germany).

"Pump for conveying a fluid" was invented by Thomas Hinners (Essen, Germany) and Jurgen Bruning (Essen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump for conveying a fluid includes a casing with a casing inner wall, a pump interior, an inlet opening, an outlet opening, a displacement assembly, and a radial protective element arranged in the pump interior in order to line at least one radial section of the pump interior, the radial protective element bearing against a radial section of the casing inner wall. A fastening element is provided which can be arra...