ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,613, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to HYDAC FLUIDTECHNIK GMBH (Sulzbach/Saar, Germany).

"Test device" was invented by Joachim Morsch (Marpingen, Germany), Wolfgang Hahmann (Kempen, Germany) and Gerd Schneider (Dillingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluidic pump test device includes a fluidic pump, a pressure influencing device, and an evaluation device. The fluidic pump is configured to be driven by a drive device. The fluidic pump is configured such that a rotational speed of the fluidic pump, which leads to a fluid volumetric flow on an output side of the fluidic pump, is known. The pressure influencing device is confi...