ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,422, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to FLUID METERING INC. (Syosset, N.Y.).
"Inline fluid dispense pump assembly" was invented by Nicolas Mercier (Huntington, N.Y.), Thomas Breitenstein (Albertson, N.Y.) and Kevin Mazurkiewicz (Holtsville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An inline pump assembly for dispensing fluids, the pump assembly including a pump head, having a piston wherein movement of the piston causes the pump head to dispense a fluid. A linear actuator has a lead screw wherein actuation of the linear actuator causes the lead screw to move along a linear path. A first anti-backlash device is disposed between the linear ...