ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,049, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Levitronix GmbH (Zurich, Switzerland).
"Pump unit for a centrifugal pump and a centrifugal pump" was invented by Daniel Steinert (Bulach, Switzerland), Rennan Hu (Zurich, Switzerland), Alexander Schmid (Hausen am Albis, Switzerland) and Natale Barletta (Zurich, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pump unit includes a pump housing and a rotor in the pump housing. The rotor includes vanes for conveying a fluid. Each vane extends in the axial direction to an end face. The pump unit is designed for non-contact magnetic levitation of the rotor and non-contact magnetic drive of the rotor by ...