US Patent Issued to Graco Minnesota on Sept. 29 for "Pumping assembly" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,560, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc. (Minneapolis).

"Pumping assembly" was invented by Andrew J. Kopel (Stanchfield, Minn.), Douglas S. Ryder (Buffalo, Minn.), Mark J. Brudevold (Fridley, Minn.), Jack M. Flatten (Centerville, Minn.), Jeremy P. Jurmu (Buffalo, Minn.), Erich W. Beckmann (Minneapolis), Giaolong N. Nguyen (Plymouth, Minn.), Nicholas P. Peterson (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Dennis D. Kemmetmueller (Rogers, Minn.) and Steve J. Wrobel (Rogers, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pumping assembly includes an electric motor that generates a rotational output, a drive that converts the rotational output t...