US Patent Issued to Flowserve on Dec. 2 for "Mechanism for reducing eddy current losses in sealless pumps and turbines having directly driven impellers" (Pennsylvania, Oklahoma Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,849, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Flowserve Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).

"Mechanism for reducing eddy current losses in sealless pumps and turbines having directly driven impellers" was invented by Zachary Dennis (Emmaus, Pa.), Sean A. Cain (Tulsa, Okla.) and Neil Havrilla (Coplay, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integral motor pump (IMP) or integral motor turbine (IMT) includes an axial field permanent magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) having a stator that is sealed by a disk-shaped non-conducting stator cover axially interposed between the stator and PMSM impeller, such that eddy currents are not generated in the stator cover by ...