ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,489, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to MILWAUKEE ELECTRIC TOOL Corp. (Brookfield, Wis.).

"Vacuum pump" was invented by Justin D. Miller (Richfield, Wis.) and Shrey M. Turakhiya (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum pump, which is connectable to an external system and configured to evacuate material from the external system, includes a main housing defining a motor housing, a pump housing, and a partition wall that separates the motor housing and the pump housing. The pump housing is sealed relative to the motor housing to form a compression chamber that holds a lubrication fluid. The vacuum pump further includes a motor...