ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,547, issued on July 14, was assigned to ECOTECH INC. (Bethlehem, Pa.).
"Magnetic fluid pump assembly for aquarium" was invented by Timothy Marks (Northampton, Pa.), Patrick Clasen (Allentown, Pa.) and Justin Lawyer (Bethlehem, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid pump assembly is provided. The pump has a pair of units magnetically coupled to each other. The first unit contains a drive motor and a magnetic assembly. The second unit contains a magnetic assembly and a blade of a propeller/impeller for imparting movement to a fluid. As the first unit is activated by the drive motor, a magnetic flux is created which in turn rotates ...