ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,453, issued on March 17, was assigned to General Electric Co. (Evendale, Ohio).

"Conical motors for use with pumps" was invented by David Raju Yamarthi (Bangalore, India), Ravindra Shankar Ganiger (Bangalore, India), John R. Yagielski (Scotia, N.Y.), Venkata Subramanya Sarma Devarakonda (Bangalore, India), Adam Joseph Wangler (West Chester, Ohio) and Brian G. Brzek (Clifton Park, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Conical motors for use with pumps are disclosed. Examples disclosed herein include an electric motor including a conical rotor, a first end of the conical rotor having a first diameter and a second end of the conical roto...