ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,069, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Amorphic Tech Ltd. (Allentown, Pa.).
"Sliding vane pump or turbine having track followers" was invented by Andrew Schevets (Emmaus, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive-displacement pump or turbine includes a rotor casing that defines a rotor chamber having a contoured wall that forms a plurality of lobes. A rotor is positioned within the rotor chamber, and has an outer rotor surface spaced inward from the contoured wall at the lobes. Vanes are mounted around the outer rotor surface, and structures associated with the vanes follow a track or groove defined by the rotor chamber as the r...