ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,948, issued on March 17, was assigned to HANON SYSTEMS EFP DEUTSCHLAND GMBH (Bad Homburg V.S. Hohe, Germany).

"Device for transporting a liquid" was invented by Bernd Denfeld (Bad Homburg, Germany), Tilo Schafer (Daubach, Germany), Lars Gerats (Bad Homburg, Germany), Markus Munch (Wiesbaden, Germany) and Ante Bodrozic (Frankfurt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for transporting a liquid, in particular a gerotor pump. The device has a housing with a flange which enclose a volume, an outer rotor mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis and an inner rotor of a displacement mechanism, and a rotor of an electric dri...