ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,650, issued on April 22, was assigned to YOUNGSHIN PRECISION Co. LTD (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

"Oil pump not requiring changing positions of suction port and discharge port according to forward rotation and reverse rotation" was invented by Do Jae Joo (Pohang-si, South Korea), Seong Wook Cha (Gyeongju-si, South Korea), Gahyeon Yi (Daegu, South Korea) and Hui Do Ryu (Gyeongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an oil pump including: a pump module provided with a rotary shaft, an inner rotor coupling with the rotary shaft, an outer rotor rotated engaging with the inner rotor, an inlet for sucking fluid, and an...