ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,118, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Eaton Intelligent Power Ltd. (Dublin).

"Inline piston pump" was invented by Arindam Ghosh (Pune, India), Stephen Marshall Devan (Madison, Miss.), Kelly Dale Valtr (Aurora, Texas), Charles Andrew Shand (Southampton, Great Britain) and Sauradeep Datta (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inline piston pump that is efficient, manufacturable, and durable. The angled bearing surface within the pump that it contacts drives the piston and rotates with the cylinder."

The patent was filed on July 13, 2021, under Application No. 17/374,358.

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