ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,384, issued on July 14.
"Hydraulic motor" was invented by Ali Rezaei (Calgary, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydraulic motor includes a top sub for connecting to a tubing string, a main barrel and a bottom bit sub; an impeller housing connected to the top sub and disposed within the main barrel, the impeller housing defining an annular intake plenum and at least one inlet port for directing fluid in a direction substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the motor, and at least one exhaust port for exhausting fluid from the impeller housing into an annular exhaust plenum; an impeller disposed within the impeller hous...