ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,534, issued on July 14, was assigned to DANA ITALIA S.R.L. (Arco, Italy).

"Valveless, mechanical, pressure regulating pump" was invented by Michelangelo Marini (Trento, Italy), Pier Paolo Rinaldi (Arco, Italy) and Matteo Stefani (Reggio Emilia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are disclosed for a valveless, mechanical, pressure regulating pump for use in transmissions and other mechanical systems. The pressure regulating pump may include a casing; a pump body having an outer cylindrical portion and an inner cylindrical portion, wherein the outer cylindrical portion includes one or more inlet ports and the inne...