ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,888, issued on March 3, was assigned to Alfred Karcher SE & Co. KG (Winnenden, Germany).

"Piston pump having plastic material inlet valve insert part for a high pressure cleaning device" was invented by Robert Nathan (Winnenden, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A piston pump for a high pressure cleaning device is provided, having a pump housing, which includes a first housing part and a second housing part. The first housing part forms a suction conduit and a pressure conduit, and the second housing part forms a plurality of pump chambers each in flow connection with the suction conduit by an inlet channel and with the pressure...