ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,454, issued on July 7, was assigned to ITT Bornemann GmbH (Obernkirchen, Germany).

"Pump with pressure disc" was invented by Eike Steffen Korte (Obernkirchen, Germany) and David Johannes Blatt (Obernkirchen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump for conveying a medium having a suction-side inlet, a pressure-side outlet, a suction chamber, a conveyance housing. The conveyance housing having a pressure chamber in which there is a prevailing pressure chamber pressure, and a carrier shaft arranged in the conveyance housing on which a transport element is arranged for conveying the medium along a direction of conveyance from the su...