US Patent Issued to Joby Aero on June 30 for "Rotor pump with dual-sided inlets" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,121, issued on June 30, was assigned to Joby Aero Inc. (Santa Cruz, Calif.).

"Rotor pump with dual-sided inlets" was invented by Robert Ramm (Woodside, Calif.) and Liam Chaffey (Monterey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluid pump includes a housing having a pump inlet volume and a pump outlet volume defined therein, an outer gerotor located in the housing, and an inner gerotor located in the housing inside the outer gerotor. The inner and outer gerotors being in fluid communication with the pump inlet volume and the pump outlet volume, and a first inlet and a second, separate inlet are provided in fluid communication with th...